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"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
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"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
APS Together
We are thrilled also to announce a new set of writer-hosts for a second series of virtual book clubs, #APStogether, free and open to all: Garth Greenwell, Elizabeth McCracken, Claire Messud, Ayana Mathis, Carl Phillips, Ilya Kaminsky, Ed Park, Elliott Holt, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Aimee Bender, and others.
May 21, 2020
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"[She writes] in the contagious kind of way that should renew anyone's love of language." —Jon McGregor
May 6, 2020
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“Journey Along the Sea Road” was written in the thirteenth century by an unknown Buddhist monk. In these journals, published in A Public Space No. 26, a nameless traveler charts a course along the Tōkiadō—the great road linking Kyoto to Edo (now Tokyo)—and launches a new genre along the way: the literary travel journal.
April 29, 2020
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"Some writers keep impersonal offices elsewhere. I work right where I live. Every surface seems my next novel’s table of contents. Being a visual glutton, I want to love everything I see. And this form of happiness is manageable." —Allan Gurganus
April 22, 2020
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A story of two friends, Bunnatine and Biscuit, "Origin Story" takes place at an abandoned theme park, the Land of Oz—in a world of parallel universes and superhero origin stories; nemeses and levitating waitresses and tabloid reporters.
April 15, 2020
APS Together
Read and discuss War and Peace with Yiyun Li and A Public Space. #TolstoyTogether.
March 16, 2020
Writing Fellows
We are pleased to announce the 2020 A Public Space Writing Fellows.
February 18, 2020
News
We are pleased to share an excerpt from Rocky Halpern's "Candy for Dinner in the Desert," the 2019 recipient of the Bette Howland Nonfiction Prize.
February 18, 2020
Editorial Fellows
Taylor Michael named the inaugural A Public Space Editorial Fellow.
February 14, 2020
Editorial Fellows
A Public Space is thrilled to announce a new Fellowship program for aspiring editors.
December 2, 2019
Writing Fellows
We are pleased to announce that applications will open on September 15 for the 2020 A Public Space Fellowships.
September 13, 2019