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News
"Paintings do age, like people, but more slowly. Their meaning ages too." —Anne Elliott
May 20, 2021
News
"I don’t get fussy about completism—in fact I think I actively want to miss things..." —Elisa Gabbert
May 7, 2021
Editorial Fellows
"We feel time in what we read. Time accrues readily to text, both at the surface of language and deeper down, where meaning arises among associations with and references to a world that is always evolving." —Benjamin Paloff
April 9, 2021
Writing Fellows
We're thrilled to announce the 2021 A Public Space Writing Fellows.
March 27, 2021
Editorial Fellows
The 2021 A Public Space Editorial Fellow is Miguel Coronado.
March 13, 2021
News
The Academy for Teachers' Stories Out of School 2021 Flash Fiction Contest Winner, selected by Jonathan Lethem.
March 9, 2021
News
Cristina Rodriguez is joining A Public Space as Marketing and Sales Director.
February 18, 2021
APS Together
#APStogether is a series of virtual book clubs that take place on social media. They are free, and open to all. Each session is hosted by a different writer, who selects a book to read together.
January 1, 2021
APS Together
We are delighted to announce a new APS Together season for the new year.
December 22, 2020
Editorial Fellows
"My first encounter with the ciguapa lore was through my own research. I love mythology and fairy tales and wanted to write something in this space. But I thought, where were my monsters, you know?" —Taylor Michael
December 17, 2020
Editorial Fellows
A Public Space is pleased to announce that applications for the 2021 Editorial Fellowship, a program for aspiring editors, will open on January 1.
December 7, 2020
Writing Fellows
We are pleased to announce that applications will open on January 1, 2021, for the 2021 A Public Space Writing Fellowships.
October 29, 2020
Writing Fellows
Katie Foster, Rosemarie Ho, and Crawford Hunt read from their 2020 fellowship stories.
October 29, 2020
Writing Fellows
A Public Space Managing Editor Megan Cummins speaks with the 2020 Writing Fellows—Katie Foster, Rosemarie Ho, and Crawford Hunt—about the art that has sustained them in an unsettled year.
October 26, 2020
Editorial Fellows
"What is an editor's role? How does an editor work with an author to elevate and support their work?" —Taylor Michael
June 11, 2020
Magazine
A Public Space No. 28.5 is a collection of free-access pieces from the magazine's archive, a kind of in-between issue for an in-between time.
May 28, 2020
Magazine
"What would happen if the natural world could strike back?" —Taylor Michael
May 28, 2020
Magazine
"I’ve always been obsessed with stories about failure — myths, folklore, epics, and tragedies —and how these genres think about the fall of man. Is it our choices, chance, or fate that leads us to our lowest points? Just how does this really happen?" —Taylor Michael
May 28, 2020
Magazine
"I’m deeply suspicious of the idea that people or characters can suddenly undergo deep and genuine change, or that radical change and true epiphanies are common, but I am completely faithful to the idea that there are moments when we can be profoundly shaken." —Jamel Brinkley
May 27, 2020