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“I really do believe in the power of a drawing to ignite the imagination.” —Annie Coggan

June 10, 2021

"Yours, I think, shall forever be, for me, inextricable from a certain song of snow and wander." —Alexander Booth

June 7, 2021

"Paintings do age, like people, but more slowly. Their meaning ages too." —Anne Elliott

May 20, 2021

"I don’t get fussy about completism—in fact I think I actively want to miss things..." —Elisa Gabbert

May 7, 2021

"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

We're thrilled to announce the 2021 A Public Space Writing Fellows.

March 27, 2021

The 2021 A Public Space Editorial Fellow is Miguel Coronado.

March 13, 2021

The Academy for Teachers' Stories Out of School 2021 Flash Fiction Contest Winner, selected by Jonathan Lethem.

March 9, 2021

Cristina Rodriguez is joining A Public Space as Marketing and Sales Director.

February 18, 2021

#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

We are delighted to announce a new APS Together season for the new year.

December 22, 2020

"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

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

We are pleased to announce that applications will open on January 1, 2021, for the 2021 A Public Space Writing Fellowships.

October 29, 2020

Katie Foster, Rosemarie Ho, and Crawford Hunt read from their 2020 fellowship stories.

October 29, 2020

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

In connection with the Editorial Fellowship program at A Public Space, we are pleased to announce an open call for a special portfolio in the magazine to be edited by Taylor Michael.

June 18, 2020

"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

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

"What would happen if the natural world could strike back?" —Taylor Michael

May 28, 2020