living with strangers
novel excerpt by lorraine lupo

home plate
short story by john shaw

hammer
poem by linda wojtowick

the scariest place
by john lehr (he said)

the light switch
by jennifer lehr (she said)

the snake pit
essay by mary jo pehl

solitary thoughts
on a pajama-party world
jonathan franzen's how to be alone

at table with michael pollan
otp talks to the author of the botany of desire and a place of my own

getting yourself home
essay by brenda miller

dive bars of san francisco
photo essay by todd dayton & greg roden

new york’s pull
poem by mary hamrick

sharing talia
essay by andrea coombes

armadillo hunting
with an old man
memoir by joby bass

all hell at 55
poem by john grey

otp suggests
21 ways to enjoy communal spaces

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