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