“My best shot of meeting anyone may be dog walking.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Spastic-Dog Woman” by Lisa K. Harris.
Dive into these spellbinding stories from our writers who have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize!
Litro is looking for a new Arts Editor – are you passionate about theatre, live performance and art and able to convey that passion in writing?
Danton Remoto interviewed
A honeymoon in the Philippines capsizes
Tom wasn’t keen, but there was no choice near the jetty before we caught the tour boat.
The anechoic chamber lay at the heart of six concrete onion layers, a nesting of rooms within rooms, each room with twelve-inch thick walls. The chamber made no contact with ...
How strange to think of life in your bedroom, staring at the wall, or at the kitchen window, waiting for the kettle to boil; to remember dark days after work, ...
His bottle’s gone. His power.
He turns towards The Lovely Adrienne to tell her: stall them, feed them a line. Too late, she’s already in the ring, her feathers sweeping the ...
Bryan Washington’s Houston Inspired Short Story Collection, Lot- Wins the UK’s £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize
LitroUSA, a new 501c3 non-profit literary journal based in Manhattan, New York, is looking for a Business Development Manager to help us grow and expand.
Salary: Salary to be determined
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Rachel Rossin is a multi-media and installation artist based in New York City
I think we need to hold a space for literature in the context of emerging forms of tech that rely on storytelling; the rise of visual media shouldn’t mean that ...
If you’re looking to get inked this year, these are the artists to check out!
As the summer progresses and the warm weather-induced laziness sets in, I’ve found myself longing for a good summer read. This has caused me to reflect on some of my ...
Cover design Noa Gravesky
Table of Contents
Summer 2019
The Editor’s Letter
Eric Akoto
Guest Editor’s Introductory Note
Ira Silverberg
Nadia Owusu- “ ...
“Becca”, a short piece of fiction revolving around a sales pitch for an unusual new type of life jacket.
This week on Litro Lab is Marcy Henry’s “Pantone 213U”. Moving toward natural scenes in the American South West, the author plays with colours speaking about optical window, red’s dominance ...
The excitement begins at the airport. You know deep down that in that bag is a ring, a big diamond one that shoots doves at unhappy people, a ring that ...
The theme of this year’s competition is Movement, and we’re asking entrants to inspire and captivate us with compelling stories around this concept. Stories must be no longer than 2,500 ...