Three Essays from BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH THE ROMANTIC PAST: Kathryn Nuernberger

Introduction to the Symbols of the Revolution My husband is not interested in reading about Marie Antoinette’s hair. “Isn’t this … More

An Essay by Isabelle Davis: “Lay Off the High Ones”

They failed to come back to Earth1, gravity, conventional use of time. B says, That would be the best way … More

Fat Race Marshal I’m just here for the donuts. That may be the fattest thing I’ve ever uttered, but it’s … More

The people of the Midwest were inveterate movers of the earth. Monks Mound towers above its landscape, with hundreds of … More

If there were only trans people in the world, would the monsters in horror movies be cisgender people? The … More

I entered America’s Century in 1924. World War I was over, Europe lay devastated, millions killed—a hundred thousand of … More

PART THE LAST From A Philosophy of the Indoors—The Out-of-Doors vs. Outside: In Lawrence, Kansas, a Lyft driver asks … More

PART THE THIRD From A Philosophy of the Indoors—The Beautiful On-Purpose and the Beautiful Accident: The waitress looks at … More

PART THE SECOND From A Philosophy of the Indoors—Where I Lived, and What I Lived for: I went to … More

Part 1: Cecelia As a child I thought there was something wrong with me because I didn’t love my … More

“Look at it, Hastings. Not a building insight. Not a restaurant, not a theatre, not anart gallery. A wasteland.” … More

I’ve taken a pause on my walk, distracted with all the things I’m carrying: my messenger bag, which keeps … More

I was twelve. We had just moved to a new town that August, and I hadn’t yet made any … More

I want to talk about the limitless possibilities of what horror is and what horror can do. I want … More

All day, rats had bolted through my body. I spilt my coffee. I couldn’t hold a pen. To an old … More