Morowa Yejidé: On Time of the Locust
Morowa Yejidé talks about the inspiration behind her debut novel, Time of the Locust, out now from Atria Books/Simon & Schuster.
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“No-Wheelers” by Jay Eisenberg
Alex is only seven years old, but he has already seen
The Worst Thing In The World, which is:
an abandoned tandem bicycle . . .
“You Must Really Want It” by Marie S.
I woke up feeling cold this morning and the clouds were fighting their way in between the bedroom blinds that were left open in the middle of the night. I found my body naked and bent and I thought about Nicole duFresne and her star quality blonde hair and blue eyes and perfect teeth and I wondered how her hair and face and body fell onto the concrete ground on Rivington Street after she was shot in the chest by that nineteen-year-old boy . . .
Go de Rass to Sleep becomes the 34th International Edition of Go the Fuck to Sleep
We’re excited about Go de Rass to Sleep, our new Jamaican patois translation of Go the F*** to Sleep. Click to see some of our thirty-plus translations!
Join Us for the Release of Go de Rass to Sleep!
Stop by the Standard Hotel on Thursday, June 5th to help us celebrate the release of our new book Go de Rass to Sleep!
Dispatch from the Anguilla Lit Fest
Two weeks ago, managing editor Johanna Ingalls participated as a panelist at the Anguilla Lit Fest in the Lower Antilles and came back smitten with the fair.
Akashic Intern Amanda Horn Talks Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet
Akashic intern Amanda Horn gives us the short and long story about Lydia Millet’s debut YA novel Pills and Starships, available now!
“When You Need to Outsource Revenge” by Mickey J. Corrigan
“I don’t care what it costs, I want that man dead . . .”