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Brothers and sisters

Immodest Proposal

From replies to the following November 2020 Craigslist post: “My sister is having an outdoor wedding in New Canaan, Connecticut, in May. I want someone to be naked in the…

What it Means to Be Alive

by Justin Taylor,

Decoding a father’s farewell

Killing Deer

by Jean Halley,

A hard death on the high road

Voice in the Night

by Jennifer Percy,

From Demon Camp: A Soldier’s Exorcism, by Jennifer Percy, to be published in January by Scribner. The book is an account of the two summers Percy spent reporting on a…

In the Republic

by Anonymous,

Photographs from Iran

Neil, prince of Bush

Why the latest outrage by a president's brother has provoked so little outrage

Et tu, Beth?

by Beth Eggers,

A northerner’s reply

by James G. Birney,

The rake

by David Mamet,

A few scenes from my childhood

Octopus

by Charis Conn,

What he did was weep. With a convulsive, shredded sound, as if fabric were being rent or animals slaughtered. He was so small that his most solemn sorrowful sounds were…

Possum

by Charles Baxter,