Marc Kaufman

Writer, teacher, from New York, living an unexpected life in Tokyo. @SarahLawrence MFA Alum. Words: @EtteReview, @NarrativeMag, @FrictionSeries,@SilkRoadReview.

[Marc Kaufman @marcaufman]

So thrilled to have my new story in the winter issue of @CleaverMagazine . Thanks to everyone at Cleaver for giving this the perfect home alongside so many other amazing writers.
https://t.co/MkVt8K1Dew

[Marc Kaufman @marcaufman]

A cold weather story for these summer days. Grateful to the people at @pocketsmag for giving this space in the stellar July issue.

https://t.co/BFD6lRlqeQ

[Does It Have Pockets @pocketsmag]

"One night we sat next to each other in silence for almost two hours. It should have been okay, but it wasn’t."

This month's #longread #fiction is a #mustread powerhouse, new from @marcaufman | https://t.co/42MeybHrLa

[Marc Kaufman @marcaufman]

1287

In this short Life
That only (merely) lasts an hour
How much—how little—is
Within our power

Emily Dickinson

[Cleaver Magazine @CleaverMagazine]

"It was a little bit of a plank walk to the front of the room, and Rebekah looked nervous and who could blame her. Moments before we watched with great joy as Lucas Green’s bridge was annihilated"

BRIDGES, fiction by @marcaufman, in Cleaver 52: https://t.co/TUzgEMCK6o

[Marc Kaufman @marcaufman]

@OfShaq93907 So nice to hear from you...This means a lot. Thank you!

[Jake Adelstein/中本哲史 @jakeadelstein]

At a time when xenophobia seems to be rising in Japan, this lovely message from a Komeda Coffee Shop owner has struck a chord with many Japanese people and has been warmly received.
#TokyoNice #Omotenashi

Loosely translated:

To Our Customers,

Our shop actively hires foreign staff. If you consider the incredible effort and resolve it takes to strive in a foreign land as if it were your own, you'll surely understand the profound commitment they bring to being here. Some of our staff have settled in, while others are just beginning their first job at Komeda Coffee Shop this month. There are those who might still be nervous and not yet fluent in conversation. If you could look upon them with warmth (and kindness), we would be so happy.

Manager

[e taylor @erinisaway]

my love language is talking shit

[Sarah Beth Gable @PhDinProgress17]

Do students really think we just...don't know their writing assignments were written by AI? Do they really think we can't tell?

[Sophia University @SophiaUniv_ENG]

Congratulations to all the Sophia students graduating today👏It's been a long journey, but all of your hard work has led to this moment - now it's time to celebrate🎉Yes, you did it!

[Marc Kaufman @marcaufman]

“This is what is wrong: we, only we, the humans, can retreat from ourselves and
not be
altogether here.
We can be part full, only part, and not die.”

From Other by Jorie Graham

[Marc Kaufman @marcaufman]

“Papa sharpens my pencils with a knife, the graphite exposed just enough so the tips won’t break during the test.” Beautiful story from @authorsudha up at @swamp_pink

[swamp pink @swamp_pink]

“We have no electricity. Again. I bathe with cold water in a dark bathroom, wear unironed clothes.” Read Sudha Balagopal’s (@authorsudha) flash fiction, “Load-Shredding,” today: https://t.co/1Jsil2R1WZ

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“Writing is not therapy. That’s the last thing it is. I still have my grief.”

From our Art of Poetry interview with Alice Notley in our new Spring issue. https://t.co/HHjeLBEdTF

[Marc Kaufman @marcaufman]

Ending caught (after day whatever +)

[Lisa Selin Davis @LisaSelinDavis]

My first novel was about a 59-year old Catholic, alcoholic bigot in his first week out of prison. I started writing it when I was 27. I don’t understand this “I’ll never understand your lived experience” line. I love empathizing with people who are different—that’s the point of writing. But ultimately my dude felt shame, a universal human emotion. Why would anybody make art of any kind if no one but their cultural clones could relate?

[Longreads @Longreads]

"I always had some distant awareness of the fact that the red bike was a part of family history stretching further back than my period of guardianship, but I was too caught up in the everyday to really engage with that story." @IainTreloar @EscapeCycling https://t.co/R4L7PBIazo

[t @myetcetera]

🧵 All about Japanese fiction. We'd love to publish reviews of these titles in @asiancha in 2024. If you are interested in reading and writing about any of these books, please email [email protected] for more information.

[Marc Kaufman @marcaufman]

@fourstories @EtteReview Thanks so much, Tracy!

[Tracy Slater @fourstories]

"And then the push of summer air—stale but so alive he couldn’t resist..." In love with this piece of flash fiction from the amazing @marcaufman, up at the new, very cool @EtteReview. https://t.co/6DL1A5wAb7