Fefu, Her Friends, and Their Private Suffering (Made Public)

One woman’s take on a glamorous, site-specific production of a María Irene Fornés play where beauty abounds—and the women themselves lay interred somewhere beneath.
By Claire Tumey

Letters of Recommendation #3

Bimonthly book suggestions.
By Amelia Olsen


Memberless Clubs

Reflections on writing and reading in London.
By Noa Fischer


Letters of Recommendation #2

Bimonthly book recs.
By Amelia Olsen


A Saint with a Cowboy Mouth

In a fraught national moment, a reading of Sam Shepard’s plays sheds light on American dreaming.
By Taylor Stout


Deep History at the Public Theater

A one-man show by David Finnigan explores the roles we all play in facilitating climate change.
By Ciaran Short


Letters of Recommendation #1

Bimonthly book suggestions.
By Amelia Olsen


Ask Casey #3: Making Moves

A new advice column.
By Copy Casey


Orange Juice

For a moment, we were looking at one another from sister ambulances, letting the world go on without us.
by Halle Wellington


What Is Theater?

Pushing the boundaries of performance at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
By Auveen Dezgaran


90 Years Later, We’re Still Waiting

A new revival of an old play resonates at The Flea Theater.
By Claire Tumey


All of Manhattan Is a Sundial

Reflections on the gentle reverence of Manhattanhenge.
By Helmi Korhonen


What Lies between Romantic and Maternal Love?

There is a mystery to the sweetness and tenderness that two girls give each other.
By Mia Carillo


Summertime Girls

My first introduction to this world were the hands of my mom’s best friend, the hands of a girl.
By Daryl Caffarone


Ask Casey #2: Spilling My Guts

A new advice column.
By Copy Casey


One of Your Girls

The first time Dexter called me, he said he was lonely.
By Halle Wellington


All Those Days in New York

Four poems
By Dillon Cranston




Ask Casey #1: Emailing My Ex

A new advice column.
By Copy Casey



2023 Favorites: Literature

Where we found words of wisdom—in print, in person, and online.
By The Copy Team



Bethenny Frankel’s Chain Reaction

If Bethenny Frankel fell in a forest, would she make a TikTok letting you know she got up all on her own?
By Davis Dunham


Stacy

Sitting in that passenger seat and putting on the performance of my life with Ava was the best feeling in the world.
By Nuala Sanchez


The Standing Upright, the Wearing Clothes, and the Work

Surfaces in Pip Adam’s The New Animals
By Ali Banach


Infernal and Exquisite

The feminine horror of Lament for Julia by Susan Taubes
By Gray Harrison


DIVA DOWN: Dr. Roberta Bobby Vanishes Without a Trace

In the wake of her disappearance, we look back and wonder, how can we triage a diva that is not only injured, but gone?
By Davis Dunham & Taylor Stout

RIP My Acura TL 3

By Rebecca Loftin
Driving, to me, always signified a form of escape, a way to harness otherwise inaccessible power.

Alien To Her Worlds

By Kristian Burt
With the release of Izumi Suzuki’s second posthumous book, Hit Parade of Tears, the misanthropic mother of Japanese science fiction has established an international cult following more than 35 years after her death.

Waiting Tables

By Dillon Cranston
Poetic dispatches from restaurant shifts.  

Ryan Gosling Asian Girlfriend

By Coco McMracken
A neon floral dress at the intersection of Ryan Gosling, moving house, and being the asian girlfriend.


INT. Figaro Bistro - Tuesday 5:13 PM - April

By Brooke Metayer
Observing the patrons at an infamous cafe in Los Angeles.

If Social Media Dies, I May Have to Blame Myself for Things Completely in My Control

By Erin Gruodis-Gimbel
It is the fear of burnt focaccia, the memories of ninth-grade math class, and the draft of a vulnerable essay that can be charitably referred to as drivel that keep me on Twitter.


American Apparel Savior Complex

By Grayce Toon
American Apparel was everything I wanted to be, and everything I was so far from.

Down & Out on a Thursday

By Dillon cranston

I see I’m not the only one at this diner who brought a notepad and pen. 
His drawings are better but I have made the better order.

British Home Cooking at Lord’s in Greenwich Village

By Stasia de Tilly

The menu takes the mundanity and pleasure of comfort food and elevates it for the intrigued masses.


@whataboutbunny

Silence of the Dogs

By Davis Dunham
By the time I get home from work, the concept of even thinking in words exhausts me.

My Year of Mirrors

By Taylor Stout
By writing through my year, I don’t feel that I’ve drained my days of anything. I’ve created something new alongside them.




2022 Favorites
By The Copy Team


Give a Dog a Bone

By Margaret Davenport
At the risk of being foolishly optimistic, I am adding social media to my list of spiritual practices.


Love in the Time of COVID-19

By Diane Roman
Divorce and dating during COVID-19 after a 30-year marriage ends over Zoom.


Right Name, Wrong Girl

by Margaret Davenport
In a shocking turn of events, I will not be the Margaret marrying Jack Antonoff.


How to Capitalize on Being Sad

by Josie Brandmeier
On being sad, watching yourself be sad, and making a shit ton of money off of it.