At Length
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Online venue for long work in poetry, prose, translation and, well, everything else. Co-Editors in Chief: Derek Mong & Anne Fisher. Managing Editor: Carson Wirtz. Web Guru: Grayson Adams. Terrestrial home: West Lafayette, Indiana. www.atlengthmag.com
Attention All Poets: we'll be open for long poems starting on January 1, 2026! Submissions open for at least one month--perhaps longer, depending on volume.
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Attention All Poets: we'll be open for long poems starting on January 1, 2026! Submissions open for at least one month--perhaps longer, depending on volume.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
And thanks to our Fiction Editor, Preeta Samarasan, for her work here! 2/2
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Ace Annunciation
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December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And thanks to our Fiction Editor, Preeta Samarasan, for her work here! 2/2
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Check out Trudy Lewis's novella, "Ace Annunciation," in our latest issue! It explores the violation of a woman who thinks she has liberated herself from the tyranny of human sexuality in a future that isn’t as utopian as she’d believed. 1/2
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Ace Annunciation
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December 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Check out Trudy Lewis's novella, "Ace Annunciation," in our latest issue! It explores the violation of a woman who thinks she has liberated herself from the tyranny of human sexuality in a future that isn’t as utopian as she’d believed. 1/2
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But don’t let the poem’s playfulness fool you; these lines might be the countdown to a liftoff or an explosion, the start of a race or the end of the world.
We hope too that Maxwell's "[o]" leads you to Susanna Nied's translation of Alphabet @ndbooks.bsky.social. 2/2
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We hope too that Maxwell's "[o]" leads you to Susanna Nied's translation of Alphabet @ndbooks.bsky.social. 2/2
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[o]
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December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
But don’t let the poem’s playfulness fool you; these lines might be the countdown to a liftoff or an explosion, the start of a race or the end of the world.
We hope too that Maxwell's "[o]" leads you to Susanna Nied's translation of Alphabet @ndbooks.bsky.social. 2/2
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We hope too that Maxwell's "[o]" leads you to Susanna Nied's translation of Alphabet @ndbooks.bsky.social. 2/2
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We're jazzed to publish Kristi Maxwell's "[o]." An extension of Inger Christensen’s abecedarian poem, Alfabet (1981), “[o]” uses the Fibonacci sequence to create its spiraling, expansive form. 1/2
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[o]
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December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We're jazzed to publish Kristi Maxwell's "[o]." An extension of Inger Christensen’s abecedarian poem, Alfabet (1981), “[o]” uses the Fibonacci sequence to create its spiraling, expansive form. 1/2
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As the season of rampant consumerism commences, let us remind you that At Length is a free and widely accessible literary journal. No cost to read and no cost to submit. Let us be your long-form oasis as the mayhem begins.
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
As the season of rampant consumerism commences, let us remind you that At Length is a free and widely accessible literary journal. No cost to read and no cost to submit. Let us be your long-form oasis as the mayhem begins.
Readers: At Length's November issue is now live! We're got a novella, ”Ace Annunication," from Trudy Lewis; Suo Er's blend of memoir and fiction, "Coming Around," translated by Grace Najmulski; and Kristi Maxwell's extension of Inger Christensen's poem, Alfabet: "[o]."
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
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November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Readers: At Length's November issue is now live! We're got a novella, ”Ace Annunication," from Trudy Lewis; Suo Er's blend of memoir and fiction, "Coming Around," translated by Grace Najmulski; and Kristi Maxwell's extension of Inger Christensen's poem, Alfabet: "[o]."
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
Dear Readers: At Length's September issue is ready! We're got a story, “Nosegay on a Marble Plinth,” from Elizabeth Bull; an excerpt from Sophia Andrukhovych’s Ukrainian novel, Hart, translated by Ali Kinsella; and “The Must Be the Place,” Eli Karren’s comic long poem.
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
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September 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Dear Readers: At Length's September issue is ready! We're got a story, “Nosegay on a Marble Plinth,” from Elizabeth Bull; an excerpt from Sophia Andrukhovych’s Ukrainian novel, Hart, translated by Ali Kinsella; and “The Must Be the Place,” Eli Karren’s comic long poem.
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
🚨"In an Unexpected Emergency, I Find Myself" is BJ Soloy's centerpiece poem in his collection, "Birth Center in Corporate Woods." With manic, comic, and deftly enjambed couplets, it's a captivating read that reminds us this is our moment, whether we like it or not.
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July 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🚨"In an Unexpected Emergency, I Find Myself" is BJ Soloy's centerpiece poem in his collection, "Birth Center in Corporate Woods." With manic, comic, and deftly enjambed couplets, it's a captivating read that reminds us this is our moment, whether we like it or not.
atlengthmag.com/in-an-unexpe...
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🤖 Be sure to check out Raymond McDaniel's essay, "Nemo," on At Length! This nostalgic piece on Micronauts reflects on humanity, vision, identity, and more. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
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July 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🤖 Be sure to check out Raymond McDaniel's essay, "Nemo," on At Length! This nostalgic piece on Micronauts reflects on humanity, vision, identity, and more. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
atlengthmag.com/nemo/
atlengthmag.com/nemo/
We'll post more about these pieces in the near future, but this issue marks our return to regular publishing: three new works every two months, with three archival rewinds per month too. Enjoy! 2/2
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July 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We'll post more about these pieces in the near future, but this issue marks our return to regular publishing: three new works every two months, with three archival rewinds per month too. Enjoy! 2/2
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At Length's July issue is now live, with a long poem from BJ Soloy, an essay on Micronauts by Raymond McDaniel, and "The Dreams and Damnation of Bishop Koyle," a novel excerpt by Jeremy Grimshaw! 1/2
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July 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
At Length's July issue is now live, with a long poem from BJ Soloy, an essay on Micronauts by Raymond McDaniel, and "The Dreams and Damnation of Bishop Koyle," a novel excerpt by Jeremy Grimshaw! 1/2
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Check out "from 'Thend,'" by Ben Doller on At Length!
In these self-aware, snappy sonnets from Doller's long poem, "Thend," Doller discovers his doppelganger, considers his mortality, and learns that “it’s hard to say when one’s saying goodbye.”
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In these self-aware, snappy sonnets from Doller's long poem, "Thend," Doller discovers his doppelganger, considers his mortality, and learns that “it’s hard to say when one’s saying goodbye.”
atlengthmag.com/from-thend/
June 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Check out "from 'Thend,'" by Ben Doller on At Length!
In these self-aware, snappy sonnets from Doller's long poem, "Thend," Doller discovers his doppelganger, considers his mortality, and learns that “it’s hard to say when one’s saying goodbye.”
atlengthmag.com/from-thend/
In these self-aware, snappy sonnets from Doller's long poem, "Thend," Doller discovers his doppelganger, considers his mortality, and learns that “it’s hard to say when one’s saying goodbye.”
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🎲 Let's break out the dice and play some Dungeons & Dragons!
Check out and play through Ernest Hilbert's D&D adventure, "Module E6: Quest for High Ashes," available in the latest At Length publication!
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Check out and play through Ernest Hilbert's D&D adventure, "Module E6: Quest for High Ashes," available in the latest At Length publication!
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June 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🎲 Let's break out the dice and play some Dungeons & Dragons!
Check out and play through Ernest Hilbert's D&D adventure, "Module E6: Quest for High Ashes," available in the latest At Length publication!
atlengthmag.com/module-e6-qu...
Check out and play through Ernest Hilbert's D&D adventure, "Module E6: Quest for High Ashes," available in the latest At Length publication!
atlengthmag.com/module-e6-qu...
We're opening up submissions for translations in June and July! And we've even got a snazzy new email for you to send
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
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'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
Submissions
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June 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We're opening up submissions for translations in June and July! And we've even got a snazzy new email for you to send
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
"Never mind whatever Dark Age artist / shaped this image would have only imagined it: / Indiana confuses what’s made-up and what’s / remembered..."
Check out Katie Hartsock's new poem, "The Last Crusade," with scenes from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"!
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Check out Katie Hartsock's new poem, "The Last Crusade," with scenes from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"!
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May 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Never mind whatever Dark Age artist / shaped this image would have only imagined it: / Indiana confuses what’s made-up and what’s / remembered..."
Check out Katie Hartsock's new poem, "The Last Crusade," with scenes from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"!
atlengthmag.com/the-last-cru...
Check out Katie Hartsock's new poem, "The Last Crusade," with scenes from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"!
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🎉 The new At Length publication is here! Featuring new poems by Ben Doller and Katie Hartsock, and a Dungeons & Dragons campaign by Ernest Hilbert, alongside featured works From the Archive, there's something here for everyone!
Thank you as always, and happy reading!
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Thank you as always, and happy reading!
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May 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🎉 The new At Length publication is here! Featuring new poems by Ben Doller and Katie Hartsock, and a Dungeons & Dragons campaign by Ernest Hilbert, alongside featured works From the Archive, there's something here for everyone!
Thank you as always, and happy reading!
atlengthmag.com
Thank you as always, and happy reading!
atlengthmag.com
"The best carrots in life are free!"
We hope you enjoy Caite McNeil's comic "Weirdo Carrot Cabaret" as much as we do! 🥕🧡
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We hope you enjoy Caite McNeil's comic "Weirdo Carrot Cabaret" as much as we do! 🥕🧡
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February 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"The best carrots in life are free!"
We hope you enjoy Caite McNeil's comic "Weirdo Carrot Cabaret" as much as we do! 🥕🧡
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We hope you enjoy Caite McNeil's comic "Weirdo Carrot Cabaret" as much as we do! 🥕🧡
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New poems from @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social up at @atlengthmag.bsky.social, which are part of her forthcoming collection, The Deletions! 🔥
Check out her work: atlengthmag.com/the-afterlife/
#poetry #poetrycommunity #newcollection #poetrylovers #womenauthors #poem #tarot #fertility #relationships
Check out her work: atlengthmag.com/the-afterlife/
#poetry #poetrycommunity #newcollection #poetrylovers #womenauthors #poem #tarot #fertility #relationships
The Afterlife
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February 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New poems from @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social up at @atlengthmag.bsky.social, which are part of her forthcoming collection, The Deletions! 🔥
Check out her work: atlengthmag.com/the-afterlife/
#poetry #poetrycommunity #newcollection #poetrylovers #womenauthors #poem #tarot #fertility #relationships
Check out her work: atlengthmag.com/the-afterlife/
#poetry #poetrycommunity #newcollection #poetrylovers #womenauthors #poem #tarot #fertility #relationships
"New wet leaves on the trees are shivering like prom dresses. / How grownup I feel suddenly: somebody a baby could mistake / for a mother. Somebody whose father could die."
Check out Sarah Green's poem "The Afterlife"!
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Check out Sarah Green's poem "The Afterlife"!
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February 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"New wet leaves on the trees are shivering like prom dresses. / How grownup I feel suddenly: somebody a baby could mistake / for a mother. Somebody whose father could die."
Check out Sarah Green's poem "The Afterlife"!
atlengthmag.com/the-afterlife/
Check out Sarah Green's poem "The Afterlife"!
atlengthmag.com/the-afterlife/
🎉 We are proud to publish the February Issue of At Length! Check out new pieces by Sarah Green, Caite McNeil, and Brian Brodeur!
We'll be highlighting these pieces individually and new "From the Archives" pieces for the rest of the month. Thank you and Happy Reading!
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We'll be highlighting these pieces individually and new "From the Archives" pieces for the rest of the month. Thank you and Happy Reading!
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February 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🎉 We are proud to publish the February Issue of At Length! Check out new pieces by Sarah Green, Caite McNeil, and Brian Brodeur!
We'll be highlighting these pieces individually and new "From the Archives" pieces for the rest of the month. Thank you and Happy Reading!
atlengthmag.com
We'll be highlighting these pieces individually and new "From the Archives" pieces for the rest of the month. Thank you and Happy Reading!
atlengthmag.com
Stay tuned: we've got new poems and a comic to publish this week. Because we all still need music "even though the whole world is burning" (W.S. Merwin)
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"Rain Light" - Merwin Conservancy
All day the stars watch from long agomy mother said I am going nowwhen you are alone you will be all rightwhether or not you know you will knowlook at the old house in the dawn rainall the flowers are...
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February 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Stay tuned: we've got new poems and a comic to publish this week. Because we all still need music "even though the whole world is burning" (W.S. Merwin)
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We're about to publish some new work, so now's a great time to read our latest poems by Paisley Rekdal and Joanna Klink, as well as former EIC Jonathan Farmer's essay on Elizabeth Bishop!
January 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We're about to publish some new work, so now's a great time to read our latest poems by Paisley Rekdal and Joanna Klink, as well as former EIC Jonathan Farmer's essay on Elizabeth Bishop!
Readers! At Length has joined Blue Sky. We've been publishing long-form writing—poetry, fiction, essays, & more—for over 20 years. Check us out at www.atlengthmag.com, where you'll find our searchable archive and new work!
More soon, as we manage our flight from Twitter!
-Derek Mong & Anne Fisher
More soon, as we manage our flight from Twitter!
-Derek Mong & Anne Fisher
literature that looks good on a laptop
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January 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Readers! At Length has joined Blue Sky. We've been publishing long-form writing—poetry, fiction, essays, & more—for over 20 years. Check us out at www.atlengthmag.com, where you'll find our searchable archive and new work!
More soon, as we manage our flight from Twitter!
-Derek Mong & Anne Fisher
More soon, as we manage our flight from Twitter!
-Derek Mong & Anne Fisher