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Arts in Society

Sultan of Hearts

The funeral of a family friend brings a musical legend from a bygone Iran back to town.

Matthew Jeffrey Vegari

Arts in Society

Get a Good Look at You

Sunil and Amy are just trying to find a Cambridge apartment they can afford when a call from Nairobi changes everything.

Jennifer Acker

Arts in Society

Shame

“She looks at her brilliant, talented mother and wants to cry.” A young Moroccan doctor makes an agonizing choice following a visit from her mother.

Maha Marouan

Arts in Society

Last Day

On the day the Earth is supposed to end, Karen is entrusted to open the YMCA. An excerpt from New York Times bestseller Ruta’s new novel.

Domenica Ruta

Arts in Society

Appendix 15, Number 2. The Agent Probii Exploration

“Agent Probii’s first days as undercover agent were particularly disconcerting because within the city each resident spoke a different language.” 

Yuri Herrera

Arts in Society

Announcing Boston Review’s new Arts in Society project

A radical revisioning of our creative writing programs.

Boston Review

Arts in Society

Year of the Rat

“I wish you had those pills to help. Remember those?”

Zachary Tyler Vickers

Arts in Society

The Neighbors

2019 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner

Neshat Khan

Arts in Society

White Coffins

2019 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Runner-Up

Abigail Rose

Arts in Society

Announcing the 2019 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner

Congratulations to Neshat Khan!

Boston Review

Arts in Society

In the Dollhouse Underground

2019 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Runner-Up

Carolyn Byrne

Arts in Society

The Babies

When the townsfolk gathered to dip that year’s births in the creek, all saw what the midwife had already observed: all the babies were the same baby.

JoAnna Wool

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