Each of us has learned to ‘expect the unexpected’ during this past year. No one could escape the virus and vitalness of 2020 and these early days of 2021.
We have not had much choice but to be Of the Moment. Each of our guest writers in 2021 speaks to this theme, whether it’s Professor Noam Chomsky inviting us to reflect upon ‘This Moment Like No Other’ or the characters in Louise Kennedy’s short stories finding, in the natural world, a primitive salve.
From Max Porter’s luminous novelette The Death of Francis Bacon to Raven Leilani’s millennial novel for the ages, in books, we have got a lot to look forward to and enjoy.