Ainslie Hogarth

May 12, 2024 | fashionjournal.com.au | Ainslie Hogarth |Cait Emma Burke

“To love something this profoundly. It was no wonder some people were destroyed by it.” They’d ended up slicing her open, which was great. She was sort of hoping for a C-section. The stories Anya’s friends had shared about their incontinence, their prolapses – one of the women, Ellen, describing the way a hunk of her bladder or vaginal wall (who knows!) would slip down throughout the course of the day. Bulge.

May 4, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ainslie Hogarth |Fiona Warnick

THE SKUNKS, by Fiona WarnickIn Fiona Warnick's quiet, thoughtful debut novel, "The Skunks," a young woman named Isabel navigates the gloopy period of growing up that takes place after college ends and before real life begins. At the start of the novel, Isabel has just returned to her hometown after graduation, beginning the process of settling back in with the people who knew her before she started to know herself.

Dec 18, 2023 | maisonneuve.org | Ainslie Hogarth

Illustration by Brandon Celi. Also in this issueReal-GodWhen Angela dropped off the posters, she'd scowled at him. Naturally. Bobby had tried to keep things pleasant. "Sure Ang, I'll put one up, most definitely." But then of course he didn't put one up because this was an office for a new condo building, all right, Angela? He was trying to create a mood here, a call to the good people of the area-the chic people-who were looking to downsize or break into the market.

Nov 8, 2023 | booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Jules Rivera |Deborah Levy |Déborah Levy |Ainslie Hogarth |Rachel Yoder

By Jules Rivera & Friends♬ Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again! ♬ Mamma Who Bore Me! ♬ Mamma, Oooooh! ♬I love books about motherhood. I love books about mothers who are having a rough go, who are happy they made the decision to have a child, and the ones questioning if they want a part of any of it at all.

May 31, 2023 | hazlitt.net | Yasuko Thanh |Jen Agg |Ainslie Hogarth |Colin Barrett

I met my ex-husband as a single mother of two with a grade nine education. But in my first year of university as a mature student, I was brimming with a sense of accomplishment and liberty. I felt like Shiki who wrote,WE ROWED INTO FOG,                        AND OUT THROUGH FOG…                        OH HOW BLUE            HOW BRIGHT THE WIDE SEA!As a child, the blue had always welcomed me.