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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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#callforsubmissions to our Letter to a Stranger, No Equivalent, Under the Influence, Witching Hour, & What I Didn’t Say columns.
And, we've increased our payment: $500 for long-form essays ($100 for Witching Hour)!
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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
In this week's "Behind the Essay," @nguyen_p_quemai tells us about what surprised her while writing her Letter to a Stranger, her hopes surrounding the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war, and the books that inspire her. Read the full interview: mailchi.mp/offassignment/vie…
In 2007, @nguyen_p_quemai stood at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, unable to enter—until a letter at the foot of the black marble changed her life. This month marks the 50th anniversary of Vietnam war; this essay calls for humanity in the face of horror: offassignment.com/articles/n…
