“They would never have something like this in Iceland.” We’re in the taxi on the way to the bar, and my friend Sandra, who is from Iceland and has less than enthusiastically agreed to accompany […]
Blogs
Chloe the Bodega Hunter
I’m a lifetime fan of cheap eats and cheap tastes. I consider myself a connoisseur of the cheapest New York bites. After moving to New York City, and coming from my much more budget-friendly hometown […]
Model Literary Citizenship Survey: Bridgett M. Davis
What does it mean to be a good literary citizen? If you’re like me, you have a complicated relationship to the word “citizen.” As a citizen of the United States and a feminist living in […]
Celebrity Boyfriend
equal parts depressing and delicious My boyfriend has a girlfriend. I am devastated. To be fair, he doesn’t know me, despite that, undoubtedly, our souls have known each other for lifetimes. Also he is a […]
Send in the Clowns
Last month, I went to a reading where there was a clown. MX gallery right off Canal Street in Chinatown, up five grueling flights of stairs. I stumbled into the dimly lit art space out […]
Letters to Four Men Who I Have Never Actually Met But Do Feel an Inexplicable and Troubling Tenderness Towards
I don’t eat meat but if I did I’d buy it from you. When you smiled at me on my first day in the neighborhood I did not smile back and I feel bad about […]
The Future of Lebanon
After days of zealous protesters surging through Lebanon’s capital, nationwide, and worldwide, calling for political and economic reform in the country, Prime Minister Saad Hariri has officially stepped down. The Lebanese people were initially triggered […]
things we don’t talk about
Content warning: suicide, mental health, institutionalization last may, i emptied thirty (30) little heart-slowing pills called propanolol into my palm, dropped them onto my tongue, took a sip of water, and swallowed. […]
The Case for PB&J
When I was a kid—I don’t know how young, but my dad was still alive so I must have been younger than six—I went apple picking with my family and I picked a withered brown […]
New York City & Tinder Were My Ultimate Matchmakers
There is no such thing as “dating” in my South Africa. You’re either in a relationship, hooking up, single, or in the friendzone. A large emerging category is that of the “blessee” who plays that […]
Missed Connection
Overly outgoing female seeks to mend missed connection with fellow headphone user. We met on the elevator, in the building we both reside in. I will not disclose the address, as I would hope we […]
That Was My Stomach I Swear!
Your stomach is too loud. It growls during class. It rumbles on your way to work. Sometimes it keeps you up at night. With your thin bank balance making you thinner, you learn to get […]
New School Book Community Round Up
The New School’s Creative Writing courses have inspired a wealth of published material, including several recent releases. Professor Susan Shapiro’s smart new book, The Byline Bible (Writer’s Digest Books) was directly inspired by her popular […]
UNDERGRAD LIT JOURNAL SEEKING HANDS-OFF SUGAR DADDY
Buzzing fishbowl of starving artists seeks independently wealthy male (or any person, et al. who identifies as a “Sugar Daddy”) to fund our undergraduate literary journal, 12th Street, a serious, professional, funny, and sometimes scary […]
Stay in Your (Bike) Lane
In the New York City transportation system, bike accidents are considered especially unimportant. The dedicated walkers who roam the streets and nearly get killed by cyclists have not responded to my ad on Craigslist, so […]
Food Writing: Not a Niche Interest Anymore
It’s a dismal, rainy evening, but Ruth Reichl has a crowd of soggy New Yorkers in stitches. The iconic food critic and former editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine is telling the story of her attempt to review a […]
Brooklyn’s New Home for Filmmakers
In a small riverside park in Greenpoint, there is a mural of a girl lying on a blanket, pulling petals from a handful of daisies. The mural is maybe twenty feet high and covers the […]
Leaving Something Good Behind
Anthony Bourdain was the consummate New Yorker: brash, visceral, enigmatic and unapologetic; an unabashed lover of the bizarre and unusual, he was charming and affable, cocky and unruly—a marauding, take-no-prisoners street romantic. On an episode […]
How to Survive a Nine to Five
Sometimes it may seem like there aren’t enough hours in the day, especially when you hate your job and have way too many goals to accomplish. When working a 9-5, you might feel like those […]