Visiting Writers

A selection of pieces by the visiting writers for The Yale Review Festival.

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Visiting Writers

Objects of Desire

My Mother’s Ashtray

When I lost her, I lost a world
Jonathan Lethem
March 11, 2025
A Closer Look

Candy Darling’s “Newspaper” Centerfold

Encountering the infamous collage of a downtown legend
Lucy Sante
March 18, 2024
Objects of Desire

Jars with Well-Fitting Lids

Seeing loss more clearly
Catherine Lacey
February 14, 2024
Poetry

Good Harbor Beach

Maureen N. McLane
March 27, 2023
Poetry

Preferences

Maureen N. McLane
March 27, 2023
Poem of the Week

Flies

Maureen N. McLane
November 30, 2022
Photo of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Interviews

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright on the politics of theater
Marc Robinson
September 20, 2021
Gail Williams / Creative Commons
Poetry

The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica

Ocean Vuong
May 19, 2021
Adapted from Jose Chavvary / Creative Commons
Poetry

Wood Working at the End of the World

Ocean Vuong
May 19, 2021
Abstract ink dots
Fiction

Breathing Exercise

Raven Leilani
January 1, 2020