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Author Andrew Smith Gets Honest

February 9, 2016
When I walked through the front doors of 4 Times Square and headed up to the DETAILS Magazine floor, all I could think about was how I had finally become Andy Sachs from The Devil Wears Prada: I was working at a fashion magazine but wasn’t thin or stylish like many of those that sulked through the halls. This

Never Leave Home Without A Book This Summer

May 8, 2015
PS: I Totally Judge Books By Their Cover There are a ton of perks that come with living in New York City. Dollar slices. Attaboy. The Angelika. My favorite is The Strand Bookstore on East 12th and Broadway. When you go, it is rightfully a bit overwhelming but exhilarating at the same time. Do you remember the last

Flash Fiction | Too Scared, Still Arrogant

March 10, 2014
After all that our families have been through, it’s absolutely comical sitting here across from you as you stare at me with that ridiculously smug smile on your face. As you judge me. As you demand that I answer your questions as if I could give a fuck. It’s comical because I can tell you can’t quite figure me

Sacrilege In Her Marriage

August 18, 2013
Sometimes, when you go through certain experiences, it isn’t until much later that you realized how fucked it all was. You go through your days slowly turning against yourself but you don’t really know why. You don’t know how to stop feeling this way but each waking moment is dedicated to picking apart the mistakes

Flash Fiction | Some People Live in the Downpour

April 18, 2013
This month’s Build Your Playlist came about after Gabriella Cilmi released her latest single, “Sweeter In History,” and soon I was stumbling across melancholy songs. Once I pulled two or three tunes together, I knew I wanted to execute a flash fiction writing exercise that involved two people going through some type of emotional turmoil. I
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