Further Reading
For Tameness by Kate Partridge
Like you, I cannot resist the impulse to watch animals eat. I invite a bearded goat to munch from my palm. I have never appreciated facial hair. Rather, the imprecision of elephants cupping fluids in their trunks. The arrangement of the pellet dispenser on a fence. Gumball machines inside a buffet. On a road trip […]
My Second Favorite Writer Just Died: Elmore Leonard, Philip K. Dick, and the Weird Justice of Genre
by Michael Ennis
Long flights and waiting rooms will never be the same. Elmore Leonard is my second favorite writer, but I didn’t mourn when he died. I counted. The tally of capers and crime sprees has become finite. For years, vacation has been a pretext for devouring Leonard’s novels, seeing how many I could get through while […]
Critic in Residence Program
MAYDAY magazine invites critics of all disciplines to apply for its Critic in Residence Program. This program is a four-month digital residency, and we require no travel or fees on the part of the applicants. The overall aim of the residency program is to help young critics get a foot in the door, provide an […]

