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

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    • Jun 8, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 68 EPISODES


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    Emmanuel Iduma: Letter To a Stranger- To The Follower of Chiekh Bamba Whom I Met In Dakar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2019 7:05


    Written by Emmanuel Iduma Spoken by, Lauren Stockmon-Brown

    Svetlana Kitto: Behind the Feature - The Most Sordid Russian Gay Bar in Riga

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 12:00


    Jennifer Acker: Letter To A Stranger- To The Kenyan Doctor Who Saved Me From Meningitis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 8:31


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

    Anna Vodicka: To the Room Full of Travelers Watching American Reality TV

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 8:32


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

    Jon Arlan: No Equivalent - Natsukashii

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 6:02


    Jon Arlan: No Equivalent - Natsukashii by Off Assignment

    Olaya Barr: No Equivalent - Chuches

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 8:13


    Olaya Barr: No Equivalent - Chuches by Off Assignment

    Kalen Goodluck: Behind the Feature - The Fog of Brigadoon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2018 9:11


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2018 6:48


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2018 14:22


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 9:48


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2018 6:45


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2018 17:00


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018 8:25


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2018 9:04


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018 7:16


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 9:33


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 13:43


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 5:13


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

    Emily Cataneo: The Berliner Who Evaded Arrest

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 19:16


    Emily Cataneo: The Berliner Who Evaded Arrest by Off Assignment

    Roland Kelts: Hie in Ho Chi Minh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 9:18


    Roland Kelts: Hie in Ho Chi Minh by Off Assignment

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2018 6:36


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

    Amber Meadow Adams: Pajogan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2018 9:56


    Amber Meadow Adams: Pajogan by Off Assignment

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 6:13


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

    Judy Bolton-Fasman: No Equivalent - Trastienda

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 4:47


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2017 7:53


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2017 2:55


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

    Rachel Pieh Jones: No Equivalent - Faq

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 5:47


    Rachel Pieh Jones: No Equivalent - Faq by Off Assignment

    Craig Mod: Letter to a Stranger - To Sandals Man

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2017 7:13


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2017 8:12


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

    Letter From The Editors

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 4:24


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

    Anna McDonald: Unpitchable - Murray Hill, NY

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2017 8:18


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2017 6:26


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2017 6:09


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

    Melissa Febos: Letter To a Stranger - To That Baby in Vico

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2017 4:52


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

    Leslie Jamison: Unpitchable - Seattle, Washington

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 5:51


    Leslie Jamison: Unpitchable - Seattle, Washington by Off Assignment

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2017 5:10


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

    Alex Sheshunoff: A Supposedly Fun Thing - How to Discover Your Own Pacific Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 12:13


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

    Richard Deming: No Equivalent - Katzensprünge

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2017 3:41


    Richard Deming: No Equivalent - Katzensprünge by Off Assignment

    Sophie Haigney: No Equivalent - Fernweh

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2017 3:00


    Sophie Haigney: No Equivalent - Fernweh by Off Assignment

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017 3:24


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

    Pico Iyer: Behind the Feature - Into the Grey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2017 9:40


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2017 3:45


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

    Aviya Kushner: Letter to a Stranger - To the Woman on the Park Bench

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2017 6:26


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

    Will Boast: Letter to a Stranger - To My Brother's Final Witness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2016 5:54


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2016 4:34


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2016 6:34


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2016 6:19


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

    Bonus Snippet | Ted Conover on Guantánamo Cancer Allegations

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2016 2:35


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

    Bonus Snippet | Ted Conover on Guantánamo's Female Guards

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2016 1:39


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

    Ted Conover On "My Guantánamo, and Theirs"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2016 16:08


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2016 6:00


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

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