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Lay Off of Lena
In March’s Vogue, Lena Dunham revealed that after her decade-long struggle with endometriosis, she had an elective hysterectomy. The procedure was the Girls creator’s final attempt at alleviating the “excruciating pain” caused by the chronic […]
Diptych
The First Calvary is a miniature city in its own right, set against the steel and glass of the Manhattan skyline—gray granite and marble towers rise from bright green grass that lays at the concrete feet of The City That Never Sleeps.
Dressed in White
Growing up, my parents never really took us anywhere. Everything normal families made a fuss about, like graduations and birthdays, we spent at home. Their excuse was always how tired they were. I hated that […]
A House Divided Against Itself
This piece is apart of 12th Street Journal‘s series, “Crisis Expressive,”which focuses on why and how we, as humans, creatively express during personal and public moments of crisis. If you have a story to express, we would be exulted to read […]
Who’s Your Audience? A Profile of Mel Ortiz
As part of our profile series on the Riggio: Writing and Democracy community, we asked 12th Street Journal’s reader, and writer, Mel Ortiz, who she searches for in an audience. For Ortiz the question is not […]
Byron On Byron: Interviews With Ghosts
12th Street’s fiction editor, Adane Byron, has a talk with Lord Byron, spinner of fictitious history. Sometime before 1819 Writer Lord Byron began work on his lengthy poem, Don Juan. It was an “epic satire,” […]
A Conversation with Dana Spiotta
The work itself, once I begin, tends to become obsession with the language world of my characters. When I figure out how they use language, I discover what my book is about.
12th Street Online Launch
Join us to celebrate 12th Street Online’s launch with an evening of readings by Patrick McGrath, Leigh Stein, Sarah Schulman and student editors and contributors. Hosted by Robert Polito.