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Vegetation

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Crying in Luke’s Lobster

Shrek 2

Requiem for the DVD menu

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Grizzly man

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Bad waitress

Blood smeared over mouth, still from Dogtooth (2009) 

The Question of U

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Literary binaries.

on Miranda July, saints and sinners, and more.

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Two kinds of people

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Even our idols have idols.

on Michael Imperioli’s “weaving act” of a debut novel, *The Perfume Burned His Eyes*.

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Reed & Imperioli

goodnight, phillip

“They say it’s like a window to your heart.”

lives in Baltimore with his boyfriend and cat. His fiction has appeared in places including PRISM international, New Delta Review, and Salt Hill Journal, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

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Goodnight, Philip

splitting the rabbit

“Don’t listen to me, nothing I say means anything.”

is a writer based in Beacon, New York. Her forthcoming novel *Ten Year Affair*, based on the [short story](https://joylandmagazine.com/fiction/ten-year-affair/) of the same name, is coming out in 2025. 

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Splitting the Rabbit

those paper boats

"She couldn’t keep her fingers off the menus."

is a stand-up comedian and writer. Her second solo show, [Doomscrolling](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/suchandrika-chakrabarti-doomscrolling), will be presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August.

Those Paper Boats

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"I ask myself: what lingers?"

in conversation with [Claire Bishop](https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/claire-bishop).

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Disordered Attention

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“It’s all about the hands.”

and makeup artist [Emily Schubert](https://www.instagram.com/schuperb/?hl=en) discuss her new beauty manual.

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