Scales by Angela Panayotopulos
August 19, 2021
You notice it in the shower, which is where we most often notice strange things about our bodies. It doesn’t…
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Soft Spot by Aisling Kearney
August 9, 2021
A restaurant three flights up overlooks the flowing mass of gawking tourists in Temple Bar. A woman waits in a…
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Security by MJ Hernandez
August 6, 2021
Content Warning: suicide    OCTOBER 27, 2017, WITNESS STATEMENT OF OLIVER SCHMIDT (PART 1) Everything began to unravel the day Fred…
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How to Live with an Alcoholic Husband by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
August 2, 2021
When he vomits blood, help him into the backseat of your car, and drive him to the hospital. When he…
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Friend of the Devil by Mort Milder
July 29, 2021
In 1971, when I was seventeen, I hitchhiked from St. Louis to San Francisco, hoping to join the Merry Pranksters…
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“and Mister George Eastman once told me to embrace light, admire it, love it,” & Lookers by Cate McGowan
July 26, 2021
“and Mister George Eastman once told me to embrace light, admire it, love it” but above all, know light,* so…
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Gentle Battleground by Dipika Mukherjee
July 22, 2021
Content Warning: suicide When Mita was fifteen, her best friend had climbed on a chair, thrown a nylon sari over…
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Art and the State: An Interview with Dariel Suarez
June 10, 2021
By Tanushree Baidya Author Dariel Suarez immigrated to the United States from Cuba as a young teenager. Moved with unearthing…
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Excerpt: Sadie Hoagland’s STRANGE CHILDREN
May 18, 2021
By Sadie Hoagland Cadence   When that first baby died inside me and I had to give birth to its…
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One Question: Sadie Hoagland
May 18, 2021
Hypertext Magazine asks Sadie Hoagland, whose novel Strange Children releases today, “Why was the choice of telling this coming-of-age story…
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Sirens and Selkies: An Interview with Jaimee Wriston
May 12, 2021
By Anita Gill I came across this quote by writer Sarah Dessen: “Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static,…
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One Question: Dani Putney
May 7, 2021
Hypertext Magazine asked Dani Putney, author of Salamat sa Intersectionality, “Why did you decide to use the word ‘intersectionality’ in…
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Excerpt: Dani Putney’s SALAMAT SA INTERSECTIONALITY
May 7, 2021
By Dani Putney Pearls It happens after Mamma Mia! for the fifth time:   I place my cock in hand’s…
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Losing Your Entire Point of Gravity: An Interview with Ronit Plank
May 6, 2021
By Anita Gill Ronit Plank’s debut memoir When She Comes Back begins with the epigraph from Mallika Rao’s “Why I…
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Family Underwater: An Interview With Dawn Newton
May 4, 2021
By Christine Maul Rice A few summers ago, in the before times, I met Dawn Newton at the Interlochen Writers…
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Rockwellian: An Interview with Catherine Adel West
April 8, 2021
By Jael Montellano Before the pandemic, Catherine Adel West and I enjoyed a scrumptious dinner at The Allis Chicago. We…
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Excerpt: Lee Matthew Goldberg’s ORANGE CITY
March 24, 2021
At six on the dot, the gloved cellular let out a piercing ring. A timer turned on, ticking down with…
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One Question: Lee Matthew Goldberg
March 24, 2021
Hypertext Magazine asked Lee Matthew Goldberg, author of Orange City and Runaway Train, “As a thriller writer normally, what made you…
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The Calamities of Girlhood: An Interview with Donna Miscolta
March 3, 2021
By Rachel Swearingen One of the many things I admire about Donna Miscolta’s writing is the tension bubbling beneath her…
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An Essay About Essays by Megan Stielstra
March 2, 2021
Editor’s Note: Originally published in March 2014, this remains one of Hypertext’s most popular posts. Maddeningly, when we changed themes,…
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Excerpt: Sara Davis’s THE SCAPEGOAT
February 26, 2021
By Sara Davis When Kirstie interrupted me I was in the break room. I had just sat down at the…
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One Question: Sara Davis
February 26, 2021
Hypertext Magazine asked Sara Davis, author of The Scapegoat, “What was your favorite part of this book to write?” By Sara…
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Excerpt: Erica Buist’s THIS PARTY’S DEAD
February 18, 2021
I’m teetering on the roof edge of a concrete tomb. The air is filled with the smells of sweat and…
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One Question: Erica Buist
February 18, 2021
Hypertext Magazine asked Erica Buist, author of This Party’s Dead, “So you visited seven festivals for the dead and wrote a…
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Good, Wild Stock: An Interview with Laura Donnelly
February 12, 2021
By Rachel Swearingen Laura Donnelly’s second book of poetry, Midwest Gothic, is an eerie and fantastic meditation on childhood, on…
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Excerpt: Darrin Doyle’s THE BIG BABY CRIME SPREE AND OTHER DELUSIONS
February 5, 2021
I. The Pretty New Nurse From Pediatrics I’m standing behind my wife in the cafeteria line at St. Mary’s. Except…
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One Question: Darrin Doyle
February 5, 2021
Hypertext Magazine asked Darrin Doyle, author of The Big Baby Crime Spree and Other Delusions, “What exactly is a Big Baby…
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Excerpt: Marc Sheinbaum’s MEMORIES LIVE HERE
February 4, 2021
By Marc Sheinbaum PROLOGUE Josh Brodsky drove through the early morning mist, approaching the La Quinta Inn outside San Francisco…
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One Question: Marc Sheinbaum
February 4, 2021
Hypertext Magazine asked Marc Sheinbaum, author of Memories Live Here, “Beyond the mystery and potential uses of artificial intelligence, what are you…
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Excerpt: Christine Hume’s SATURATION PROJECT
January 1, 2021
From “Atalanta: An Anatomy” A decade ago, a search party found her after three long, hot summer days in northern…
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