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It took the combined efforts of Rich and MacPherson’s maid to pour the little man into his clothing. They shuffled him out the door braced between them. The windows were ...
Along The Mississippi River
The American roadtrip: a life-defining journey, racing along the desert highways to the leafy green of the National Parks or to the sky-scraping cities. It’s delighted writers and artists for ...
Eden City
Nick drives the green-and-gold Gennaro Financial Recovery Chevy to the levee but, it being August, the levee is dry. The moment the name and address came in, Nick said he’d ...
Cowboys, Gunslingers and Actors
“How would you like your steaks cooked?”
“Oh, just knock its horns off, wipe its nasty ass, and chuck it right here on this plate.”
The rustic image of the cowboy has ...
Bearing Witness by Elizabeth Warren
While searching for a fitting christmas gift for a young girl, a woman is reminded of her experiences growing up in the southern states of America.
November, Washington Square by Deborah Fielding
A man stands out in the cold, hoping to spread the word of Jesus to passers-by.
Pacific Littoral
The wind from the Pacific was stronger and cooler than the time of year suggested it might have been. Salt sea wind and hot sun burned pale skins, and caught ...
American Youth Culture In American Writing – Books vs Screen
Our books and screens are filled with tales of growing up, missing buses, getting dumped, being cheated, winning at sports and realising dreams. In fact there’s so much that sometimes ...
We Did It by Travis Sentell
A man explains to the rest of the world how America has managed to achieve the “American Dream”.
Extract from “New York”, from the collection, So, Here I Am.
“New York” is Sabrina Mahfouz’s first ever piece of short fiction and is from a collection called So, Here I Am.
Yeh so they shot him. You heard he’s dead. Yeh he’s ...
British Books to Hollywood Screens
Film adaptations are becoming a very common trend, but where are all these stories coming from? Here are five books written by British writers that have made it big on ...
What does America mean to you?
The winner of our What America means to you? competition is @georgiamagpie:
America is my mythical journey to make, an endless desert highway, the magnitude of landscape, of possibilities and ...
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Litro #108: America
It was 20 years ago that British photographer Russell Young first lent his eye to celebrity culture. The assignment was photographing George Michael for the sleeve of an album ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #108: America
Kele Okereke – His First Dead Body
He wasn’t sure if it was rude or not, leaving the club mid-conversation, but that stupid fucking song about being a firework had just started to play again and he ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #108: America
Paul Beckman – Whatchamacallit
Mirsky was working in his home office writing ad copy for a housing brochure and for the life of him couldn’t think of the word for the bump that went ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #108: America
Louise Phillips – Keeping Up
December 31, 1900 The New Year was celebrated outside the city hall. An extra force of police had been detailed to prevent a crush. Circulation was difficult, but everyone remained ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #108: America
Mark Saba – View
At the crest of a small hill, a hill that has not always been regarded in its long history, sits an heirloom building made of wood, two-storey, long, low, with ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #108: America
S. E. Cohn – ( )
Maya spoke to him in a parenthetical tone. It was all very tongue-in-cheek. But maybe her whole life had been that way; encased in parentheses. Her father was a famous ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #108: America
Janice Shapiro – Night and Day
Baxter is crying on the phone. He is a new client and very young, not yet twenty, so I am being patient. It is one in the morning and I ...
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #108: America, Poetry
Song of the Busboy by Ryan Buynak
in the eyes of senator strangers, they are help, just. they are not blue-collar, but they are not parking lot attendants. no one wants to hear their stories ...