The past is some cloudy other, a fiction,
a parable of once was and spritely youth, innocence lost
back when reasons mattered less and simplicity danced for free.
Like the romance it portrays, Spring by David Szalay never quite gets off the ground. Our editor explores what writers can learn from this flawed novel.
Technology has enabled us to be more connected than ever, and yet alone, headphones on, in the midst of a crowd. An exploration of the public-private binary.
In this YA novel excerpt, when his girlfriend breaks up with him, a shy loner visits a homeschooler who doses him with LSD. Confusion and talking sandwiches ensue.
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