A silent retreat turned out to be exactly what I needed.

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The best sentence I've read during the past week.

At 5 AM and it’s me and the birds. This is how I like it: when the house is asleep. Outside, the slow rumble of a sanitation truck. A lone scooter screams down the block. Sometimes a helicopt…

At 5 AM and it’s me and the birds. This is how I like it: when the house is asleep. Outside, the slow rumble of a sanitation truck. A lone scooter screams down the block. Sometimes a helicopt…

I first came across the work of Shasta Grant more than a decade ago, albeit anonymously, when I judged the Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest from Split Lip Press in 2015. Grant’s razor sharp flash stood out...

Melanie Pappadis Faranello has authored numerous stories and essays that have appeared in Swamp Pink, Electric Literature, and more.

Sara LippmannIt was a way of tricking myself into another novel.

Jewish American Author Sara Lippmann's 'Hidden River' Is Her Boldest Novel Yet

A Deliberate Story. A Steady Press: Yvonne Conza talks to Sara Lippmann about her new book, HIDDEN RIVER, out from Tortoise Books, and Jerry Brennan, Tortoise's editor.

Sara Lippmann is an author I’m guaranteed to read; not just her books, but anything she publishes online: stories, essays, social media posts. If Sara Lippmann writes it, I want to read it. Her work i...

Hidden River is told through a series of fragments that shape-shift, growing shorter and longer, alongside the turbulence of Cass’s inner world. “I track the passage of time in entrance dings” goes th...

Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Apr 14-Apr 26, 2026. Thirty-five year old Cassandra (aka Cass, Cassie, Cassidy, and Cass...

Sara Lippmann’s Hidden River is an unforgettable masterwork by a writer at the top of her game. With a timeline that toggles between the summer of 2008 and the late 80s/early 90s, this lean but bold novel—a fascinating blend of tragedy and dark comedy—casts an intimate look at grooming in the era be

“The law prohibited bathing the animal in the mother’s milk or something, which sounded like some version of ‘don’t shit where you eat.’ But it was totally worth it for the fleeting pleasure.” Three ...