Virginia Quarterly Reviewさんのイラストまとめ

“I, too, was waiting for my tongue to tell me everything—to settle my fate.”

James Marcus’s essay “Glossology,” from our Winter issue, uses the author’s mouth-related medical woes to discuss the historical and metaphorical implications of the tongue.

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“You say you love the day, but why? / The universe comes out at night.”

— @cfellis, “The Night World’s Worth,” Bedtime Stories.

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Last week, we were hooked by the poetry of Lisel Mueller and the arts criticism of @ssodomsky. Read our favorite excerpts in the latest Best 200 Words.

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“It’s his new toy, the word ‘death.’ Look at how it makes the adults get flustered!”

Our featured contributor this week is @teamichelle. Read her Bedtime Stories essay “Reaper Madness” for an account of her son’s macabre mania.

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On National Adoption Day, read @tracysoneill’s “The Outside-In Fathers,” which analyzes the “single man’s rough road to parenthood.”

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Øyvind Torseter’s “Click” from Bedtime Stories illustrates how certain childhood fears, while trivial in retrospect, can seem like life-and-death in the moment.

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“‘Be gentle’ was the first command my daughter ever understood.”

— Philip and Erin Stead, “Be Gentle,” from Bedtime Stories.

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Eroyn Franklin’s foldout feature “The Garden,” from our Bedtime Stories issue, is an underwater adventure with many tentacled surprises.

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@OliverJeffers And congrats to @OliverJeffers, whose new book THE FATE OF FAUSTO was described by @nytimesbooks as a “fable to live by.”
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@OliverJeffers’s Bedtime Stories piece “I’m Very Busy” might not have literal parallels for your kids’ lives—hopefully, you’ve never forgotten their birthdays—but even so, the story is a heartwarming illustration of the power of friendship.

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