Off Assignment is a literary space for the candid tales *behind* writers' official works.

Written by Emmanuel Iduma Spoken by, Lauren Stockmon-Brown

Edited by Lauren Stockmon-Brown

To The Doctor Who Saved Me From Meningitis by Jennifer Acker Spoken by Lauren Stockmon-Brown

Author: Anna Vodicka, "To the Room Full of Travelers Watching American Reality TV." Spoken by: Lauren Stockmon-Brown

Jon Arlan: No Equivalent - Natsukashii by Off Assignment

Olaya Barr: No Equivalent - Chuches by Off Assignment

Kalen Goodluck: Behind the Feature - The Fog of Brigadoon by Off Assignment

Chelsea Hodson: Letter to a Stranger - To a Duck in the Garden of Ninfa by Off Assignment

Aaron Gordon: Behind the Feature - While the World was Watching Soccer by Off Assignment

Sarah Goodyear: Under the Influence - The Wonder Valley Desert of Gram Parsons by Off Assignment

Tammy Danan: Letter to a Stranger - To the Lumad Kid who Asked for a Peso by Off Assignment

Rachel Veroff: Under the Influence - To Ask a Question of a Tombstone by Off Assignment

Alexander Lumans: Letter to a Stranger - To My Arctic Vardøger by Off Assignment

Chelsea Ennen: Under the Influence - The Brontë Sisters and the Lonely Moors of Haworth by Off Assignment

Ayun Halliday: Letter to a Stranger - To Tommy, A Birthday Boy on the Outskirts of Pai by Off Assignment

Benjamin Harnett: The Long Commute: From Ancient Scrolls to Modern Screens by Off Assignment

Sophie Haigney: On Joan Didion, California Wildfires, Cryptohackers, and all that by Off Assignment

Monet P. Thomas: Letter to a Stranger - To the Pharmacist on Futong West Street by Off Assignment

Emily Cataneo: The Berliner Who Evaded Arrest by Off Assignment

Roland Kelts: Hie in Ho Chi Minh by Off Assignment

Jackson Barnett: Letter to a Stranger - To A Greedy Cannibal in Mcleodganj, India by Off Assignment

Lavinia Spalding: Letter to a Stranger - To The One Who Was Supposed to Get Away by Off Assignment

Judy Bolton-Fasman: No Equivalent - Trastienda by Off Assignment

Ying Reinhardt: Letter to a Stranger - To the Man Who Spoke With His Hands by Off Assignment

Julia Cooke: What I Didn't Say - About Cuba by Off Assignment

Rachel Pieh Jones: No Equivalent - Faq by Off Assignment

Craig Mod: Letter to a Stranger - To Sandals Man by Off Assignment

Helen Betya Rubinstein: Letter to a Stranger - To the Man in my Grandfather's Shirt by Off Assignment

Read online: http://www.offassignment.com/articles/editors

Anna McDonald: Unpitchable - Murray Hill, NY by Off Assignment

Meera Subramanian: Letter to a Stranger: To the Man Who Saw Cobras Dance by Off Assignment

Keija Parssinen: Letter to a Stranger - To The Sri Lankan Maid Who Was Erased by Off Assignment

Read at: offassignment.com/letters/melissa-febos

Leslie Jamison: Unpitchable - Seattle, Washington by Off Assignment

Anjali Sachdeva: Letter to a Stranger - To The Father Paused Under the Tree by Off Assignment

Read online at: http://www.offassignment.com/articles/alex-sheshunoff

Richard Deming: No Equivalent - Katzensprünge by Off Assignment

Sophie Haigney: No Equivalent - Fernweh by Off Assignment

Sara Wheeler: What I Didn't Say - About Chile by Off Assignment

Read online at: offassignment.com/articles/pico-iyer

Marcia DeSanctis: What I Didn't Say - About Honfleur by Off Assignment

Read online here: offassignment.com/letters/aviya-kushner

Read at: offassignment.com/letters/will-boast

Heather Wilson: Letter to a Stranger - To the Map Keeper by Off Assignment

Caroline Lester: Letter to a Stranger - To the Whale Dreamer by Off Assignment

Kiki Petrosino: Letter to a Stranger - To the Stranger in My Family by Off Assignment

Bonus Snippet | Ted Conover on Guantánamo Cancer Allegations by Off Assignment

Bonus Snippet | Ted Conover on Guantánamo's Female Guards by Off Assignment

Pulitzer Prize finalist Ted Conover (Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing) talks to OA intern Sarah Holder about reporting at the world's most infamous detention facility: Guantánamo Bay.

Molly Long: Letter to a Stranger - To the Other Woman by Off Assignment