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Articles by Di Jayawickrema
Q&A with Lara Longo, author of "Motherland"
Lara Longo’s “Motherland” was published in The Offing’s Fiction department on March 2, 2023.Q&A conducted by Mary Pappalardo, Fiction Editor. Donate to The Offing! Our Patreon supporters received early access to this Q&A with The Offing contributor Lara Longo and receive other perks as well. The Offing pays our contributors, and we appreciate the help of all of our supporters in sustaining our work.
Q&A with Elisabeth Houston, author of Standard American English
Elisabeth Houston is the author of Standard American English (Litmus, 2022). Q&A conducted by Ashaki M. Jackson, Publisher. Donate to The Offing! Our Patreon supporters receive early access to this Q&A with Elisabeth Houston and receive other perks as well. The Offing pays our contributors, and we appreciate the help of all of our supporters in sustaining our work. Sustaining and one-time donations are also welcome through our general giving portal.
Q&A with Christine Kandic Torres, author of The Girls in Queens
Christine Kandic Torres is the author of The Girls in Queens (HarperCollins). Her story “Quarter Juice” was published in The Offing’s Fiction department on October 6, 2022. Q&A conducted by Mary Pappalardo, Fiction Editor. Donate to The Offing! Our Patreon supporters received early access to this Q&A with The Offing contributor Christine Kandic Torres and receive other perks as well. The Offing pays our contributors, and we appreciate the help of all of our supporters in sustaining our work.
Q&A with Paige Clark, author of She Is Haunted
Paige Clark is the author of She Is Haunted (out on May 17, from Two Dollar Radio). Her story “Conversations with My Brother About Trees” was published in The Offing’s Fiction department on May 5, 2022. Q&A conducted by Mary Pappalardo, Fiction Editor. Donate to The Offing! Our Patreon supporters received early access to this Q&A with The Offing contributor Paige Clark and receive other perks as well.
Q&A with Leila Mansouri, author of "Nothing to Declare"
Leila Mansouri’s “Nothing to Declare” was published in The Offing’s Fiction department on November 22, 2021. Q&A conducted by Di Jayawickrema, Assistant Fiction Editor. Donate to The Offing! Our Patreon supporters received exclusive early access to this Q&A with The Offing contributor Leila Mansouri and receive other perks as well. The Offing pays our contributors, and we appreciate the help of all of our supporters in sustaining our work.
Q&A with Suiyi Tang, author of "American Symphony: Other White Lies"
An excerpt from Suiyi Tang’s “American Symphony: Other White Lies” was published in The Offing’s Fiction department on October 1, 2019. Q&A conducted by Di Jayawickrema, Fiction Reader. Donate to The Offing! Our Patreon supporters received early access to this Q&A with The Offing contributor Suiyi Tang, and receive other perks as well. The Offing pays our contributors, and we appreciate the help of all of our supporters in sustaining our work.
We Know the World with Our Bodies by Di Jayawickrema
I began to think of you last night in the dying hours of a house party, sitting on a low couch in a dim room with a man I just met and will never see again, watching my friend dance with a stranger; their feet flying freely, palms pressed together, holding the space between them. Outside, a snowstorm raged, the yellow streetlights blown out against the frosted windows. It made me think of us and every chance we let burst. “Do you want to dance?” I said to the man next to me.
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