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"These days, we not only feel for people but for the places where they live. We feel for our own places in ways that we had perhaps forgotten or set aside." —Robert Sullivan

May 20, 2020

"These days I spend most of my time looking out my window. It is how I remember spending a good deal of my childhood. Whether the comparison is true or not, I don't know; I haven't done the comparative math." —Brett Fletcher Lauer

May 13, 2020

"[She writes] in the contagious kind of way that should renew anyone's love of language." —Jon McGregor

May 6, 2020

“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

"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

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

Read and discuss War and Peace with Yiyun Li and A Public Space. #TolstoyTogether.

March 16, 2020

We are pleased to announce the 2020 A Public Space Writing Fellows.

February 18, 2020

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

Taylor Michael named the inaugural A Public Space Editorial Fellow.

February 14, 2020

A Public Space is thrilled to announce a new Fellowship program for aspiring editors.

December 2, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

November 25, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

November 17, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

November 11, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

November 4, 2019

Deborah Treisman to receive the 2019 Deborah Pease Prize from A Public Space

October 7, 2019

We are pleased to announce that applications will open on September 15 for the 2020 A Public Space Fellowships.

September 13, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

April 8, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

April 1, 2019

What we're talking about this week at A Public Space.

March 25, 2019