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🎉 INFORMATION AGE by @cora, the first novella from Joyland Editions, is out today! “Lewis holds up pairs of objects in a mirror, and it's our pleasure to watch as their proportions warp. A modern, delicate exercise in juxtaposition.” —Lillian Fishman, author of ACTS OF SERVICE…

"But happiness— this was a door forever closed to an artist." —from "Why Did The Drowned Man Have Balled Fists?" by Kyung-ran Jo, translated by Chi-Young Kim (excerpted from BLOWFISH, out now from @astrahousebooks) joylandpublishing.com/fiction/blowfi…

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"It was the two of them against broccoli mom. That much was clear. They exchanged numbers to seal the alliance." Just revisited this very beautiful story published @joylandpub in 2021, and it has only grown on me. Ten Year Affair, By Erin Somers joylandpublishing.com/fiction/ten-ye…

Available for preorder from Rose Books now: WRITER'S DIARY by Matthew Gasda @FOMO_sacer, out October 28, 2025! rosebooks.co

Tonight in Unnameable Books's backyard: Cora Lewis (@cora) and Andrew Martin in conversation with Thessaly La Force (@Thessaly).

"Whenever she had to make a decision or felt confused, she split herself in two." —from "Why Did The Drowned Man Have Balled Fists?" by Kyung-ran Jo, translated by Chi-Young Kim (excerpted from BLOWFISH, out now from @astrahousebooks) joylandpublishing.com/fiction/blowfi…

Read an excerpt from Kyung-ran Jo's BLOWFISH, translated by Chi-Young Kim, in @JoylandPub joylandpublishing.com/fiction/blowfi…

Thank you to Thessaly La Force (@Thessaly) for sharing INFORMATION AGE by Cora Lewis as part of her summer reading list in Lena Dunham's Substack, Good Thing Going. La Force calls INFORMATION AGE "A charming, sensual novella." goodthinggoing.substack.com

Tomorrow, July 22, at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn: Readings by Cora Lewis (@Cora) and Andrew Martin, followed by a conversation with Thessaly La Force (@Thessaly). We hope to see you there!

Submissions for WANTED [whatiwanted (dot) org] are now open exclusively to writers seeking their 1st publication

"They became whatever they read: little Anne Franks, little Amelia Earhearts. They lived in a cruel future, or they lived in a cruel past. In both versions their survival wasn’t guaranteed." —from "My Private Life" by @hannah_kma joylandpublishing.com/fiction/my-pri…

"I wanted badly to believe love was expansive. That it didn’t cheapen the experience to do it again and again and again." —from "My Private Life" by @hannah_kma joylandpublishing.com/fiction/my-pri…

Two tickets left for our reading at Little Egg in Brooklyn tonight! Entry is free.

"They were obsessed with Badness. What it could mean for them, but more importantly the people they loved. That those beloved people could hurt or be hurt was intolerable to them." —from "My Private Life" by @hannah_kma joylandpublishing.com/fiction/my-pri…

Today on Joyland, Hannah Kingsley-Ma (@hannah_kma) writes about secrets, Mapquest, and 9/11 in "My Private Life." joylandpublishing.com/fiction/my-pri…

Our Issue Fifteen launch party is TONIGHT! Join us for readings by @gabydvj, @veryhotmomm, @blk_blk_blk_blk, @snjeriwambugu, @mariahkreutter, and Owen Park.

Vol 3.1 launches: 8/2 in CLE and 7/24 in NYC. Readings from contributors and friends @aliblack_poet, @brandonenorth, Bianca Rae Messinger, @cchiodopowell, Christopher Urban, Kortney Morrow, @imcar0nline, and Zach Peckham. You. Us. Blue mags. White gulls.

"I end up with snippets, vignettes, snatches of conversation. But when I force myself to linger, sometimes the result is good." Cameron Engwall talks with @cora about "Information Age," her debut novella. lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-i…

"I was always curious about journalism. It was the responsible thing I did. Fiction was the secret, irresponsible thing." Read @cora in conversation with Cameron Engwall in @LAReviewofBooks. lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-i…