T 5267

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

He does not move, hovering over the table like a gargoyle, until she says, It wasn’t that bad, and he says, Take a shower, and then she does.

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T 5266

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

He sits sipping tea, savoring it, and she pours some herself and he says, The tea’s weak, and she sighs and says, You don’t try hard enough.

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T 5265

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 30, 2012

Darkness fell. He reached for her and said, I’m scared. She brushed him away. It’s night, she said. He would have to try something different.

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The Casual (but awesome) Mention in the New Yorker

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 26, 2012

I met Blake Eskin last year during a convention in Minneapolis. His talk was about how he puts the New Yorker’s website together, about real time reporting, stuff like that. I wanted to meet him. And then he came up to me and told me he loved my Twitter feed. Well, I was a bit […]

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The Male (Writer) Conundrum

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 20, 2012

Perhaps not conundrum. But last week my agent sent me an email that contained these lines: I wonder if this one might be better off with a male editor, or someone with a slightly different sensibility? This from an editor at a major publishing house. And this wasn’t the first time he’s received a response […]

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T 5264

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He calls his wife and says, I’ll be home in an hour. In the background he hears his children screaming. And he dreams of bathing in bourbon.

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T 5263

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

Two strangers in a room. Staring into the depths of their phones. One of them clears his throat. I don’t care about you, the other one says.

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T 5262

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He bought a dog to win his family’s affection, but he could not purchase bliss. What will it take? he asked. Better cereal, his son replied.

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T 5261

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The room overlooks the ocean. The gentle sound of waves laps over them as they fall into bed. She kisses him. I really have to pee, he says.

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T 5260

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The craving overcame him. So he ran into the schnitzel house and took a seat. Do you have any pad thai? he implored. And they threw him out.

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