Manila Noir contributor Gina Apostol named a recipient of 2013 PEN Open Book Award!
Congratulations to Manila Noir contributor Gina Apostol, who has been named a recipient of the 2013 PEN Open Book Award!
2013 News & Features
“Welcome, Cheater” by Douglas W. Milliken
It was one of those days when the snow started and wouldn’t quit, so we bought beers and drank them and didn’t stop until long after dark and anyway, we were out. The apartment seemed all stained and yellow and stank of rancid burger grease. The snow just kept coming. We needed escape . . .
Simon’s Cat in Good Company: The Great Catsby, Gallery Bookshop (Mendocino, CA)
To celebrate the release of Simon’s Cat vs. the World, Akashic is featuring some of our favorite bookstore and library cats. Today, meet The Great Catsby, furry old sport of The Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, CA!
Celebrate We Do! on October 15th: Tweet Your Wedding Photos!
Help us celebrate the release of We Do!: Tweet us your wedding photos on October 15th with #WeDo!
We Do!: Achy Obejas: Like Every Other Kind of Family
To celebrate the release of We Do!: American Leaders Who Believe in Marriage Equality, Akashic author Achy Obejas talks about how same-sex marriages and families are “like every other kind of family.”
“What It Takes to Live” by Alexios Moore
There had, at one time before Katrina, been a park, perhaps beneath his feet, right where a surveyor had discovered the young woman’s body. Ike couldn’t tell anymore. There was just this no-man’s-land of tall weeds between the levee and the Brad Pitt houses, their solar panels absorbing the mid-morning sun . . .
Simon’s Cat in Good Company: Penny, Swansea Public Library (Massachusetts)
To celebrate the release of Simon’s Cat vs. the World, Akashic is featuring some of our favorite bookstore and library cats. Today, meet Penny, the Swansea Public Library (MA)’s furriest co-worker!
“Shiny High Heels” by Victoria Fryer
You snorted a rail so long I thought for sure it would knock you over, but you just threw your head back and asked me where I kept my champagne. With your pupils dilated, your jaw set hard, you strode across my apartment in your ridiculous red high heels and poured yourself a glass, bending down to lick up the overflowing liquid. You were still fun then, on day one. They all are . . .