Moon Goddess
Chang E runs the moon like an exhausted civil servant while the gods chase trends and the world floods the heavens with crises. A myth retold as satire: funny, sharp, ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
Spooky Action at Home
A letter of support. A controversial paper. And a sense that bravery can become coercion.
Arts & Culture, Fiction, short story
The Thing You Will Learn to Call God
God as an artist, life as an artwork. A thought-provoking exploration of existence that questions the divine and embraces the cosmic absurdity.
Arts & Culture, Fiction, short story
Imagine No Possessions
Laugh along to this satirical account of John Lennon visiting a commune, where values and customs are lost in the madness of celebrities.
Obvious in Hindsight by Bradley Tusk
OBVIOUS IN HINDSIGHT is a satirical behind-the-scenes look at a political campaign to legalize flying cars in New York City, Los Angeles and Austin. It paints a vivid picture of ...
Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday
PRAISE FOR AN UNOPINIONATED INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
A professor’s book about trigger warnings receives a lot of publicity
So You Want to Be a Poet
The host introduces you as her favorite rock star poet. Everyone cheers. Two people buy a chapbook. You live off that night for weeks.
Feature Film: I’m So Excited!
Pedro Almodovar’s latest offering, his “most political film yet”, is a gaudy, farcical satire on modern Spain — but does it sound much cleverer than it actually is? Bella Whittington ...
Book Review: King of the Jungle by KS Silkwood
KS Silkwood’s King of the Jungle is an acerbic, energetic polemic of a novel, that revels in the hilarity and dilettantism of London’s art scene.
Book Review: Idiopathy by Sam Byers
Idiopathy‘s hilarious prose, which is at turns terse and sharp and sprawling and circular, is reminiscent of David Foster Wallace at his most entrancing.