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“River East, River West” by Aube Rey Lescure is a mesmerising reversal of the east–west immigrant narrative, set against China’s economic and political rise. The novel is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity, family, capitalism’s false promises and private dreams.
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This past summer, I said goodbye to a lot of things, including my favorite bar in Brooklyn. I wrote about change and letting go (things I fundamentally dislike). Thanks to the dream team at @OffAssignment for giving this a home offassignment.com/gttp/diana…
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“In August of 2022, I rode the purple line from Evanston into Chicago. I was going to Madison and Halsted.”
Read Ingrid Rojas Contreras’s essay, “Goodbye to the Chicago Intersection Where I Was Reborn,” in @OffAssignment! #HispanicHeritageMonth offassignment.com/gttp/ingri…
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“You’d chosen a fitting alias—unique enough to stand out from Sean Cody’s stable of all-American jocks named Mark and Ken, but not laughable like Knox or Shamu.”
—Steven Tagle's “To the First-Time Porn Star” in @OffAssignment #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
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“We meet on a rainy evening in early March. Earlier that week, I had been lying in Dolores Park listening to a John Lennon song, and I thought of…”
—from Rolando André López’s “To the Man Who Killed My Poem” in @OffAssignment #HispanicHeritageMonth offassignment.com/articles/r…
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“It’s not often that a glass smashes. But it happens. At home, in a restaurant, at a party. And when it does, whether in a gay bar in New York’s West Village…”
Read Mohsin Zaidi’s essay “To the Child I Could Not Help” in @OffAssignment this #PrideMonth:
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“You sat next to me on the sofa, and asked to take off my shirt when I told you it was wet from wandering in the rain…”
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu’s essay “To Divine, from Grindr” (@OffAssignment) is featured on our reading list for #PrideMonth:
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Excited to share my latest words in one of my favorite literary magazines @OffAssignment. Thank you to my wonderful editor!
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Wrote about my buddy Kate's Garfield from Memory art project for @OffAssignment
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If you're looking to attend a writing seminar this summer, check out @OffAssignment's new series on Writing the Body! Guest authors include SLM contributor @christinajcooke and memoir editor @krysmalcolmbelc, so you know it'll be great. Learn more here: buff.ly/FUxQphC
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"Where I practiced what I'd say to everyone on the first day of junior high. (I love how rain looks falling on water.) Where I learned what junior high was really like. Where I was quiet & angry & turned into myself."
An elegy for my childhood home 💔
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"Where I practiced what I would say to everyone on the first day of junior high. (I love how rain looks falling on water.)" @lsjamison @OffAssignment
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Launching our new @OffAssignment column, "Goodbye to that Place," with this stunner of an essay by @lsjamison. Please read: short & oh-so-powerful. Writers, if you have your own narrative farewell to a bygone place--start drafting, we'd love to read it.
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Last summer, @OffAssignment's month-long “Writing the Modern Love Essay” Masters’ Series course, led by @LaviniaSpalding, gave me insight into the column’s structure & helped me answer the trickiest question: What's my unique revelation about the nature of love and relationships?
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Always call your mom. Love this from @OffAssignment
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New essay by DISQUIET staff member @steventagle in Off Assignment (@offassignment)! offassignment.com/articles/s…
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Big thanks to @Narratively for resharing my @OffAssignment story ✨️ link in bio!
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Through our partnership with @OffAssignment, we’re pleased to share a recent gem from them, “Midnight on the Volta River” by @char_mcmanus — a poignant tale of love, risk and reinvention. offassignment.com/witching-h…
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My year in publications was a slow one, but I did hand in the sh*tty first draft of my bonkers dissertation! I was proud to have an essay in @OffAssignment - also recorded for audio at @atlasobscura. Writers, post your brags!
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Grateful to learn that my essay is one of @OffAssignment’s most read of 2024, along with nine other stunning stories from around the world. Thank you to everyone who read and shared my work 🥹 offassignment.com/articles/s…