Longhand AlmanacResearch
The almanac’s long-form work: documented cases of writing that received serious attention in its own moment and fell out of circulation anyway, with the mechanism named in each case. Every claim carries a named source, and every piece links to where the work can be read now.
8 September 2026
Ten stories that arrived in English before 1960, were read and praised, and vanished when their translations did.
Ten stories that reached English with named translators and named reviews, and fell out of circulation when their translations were superseded or their champions died. Each entry documents the reception, names the mechanism of the forgetting, and links to where the story can be read today.
8 September 2026
Ten essays that were read seriously in their moment and are gone from every anthology that currently teaches the form.
Ten essays that drew named reviewers and peers’ praise at publication and are excluded from every anthology that currently teaches the form. Each entry documents the reception, names the mechanism of the forgetting, and links to where the essay can be read today.
7 September 2026
Ten cases that show how literary canons forget, and what the short story loses when they do.
Ten stories that drew prizes, Best-Of selections, and praise from named critics, and are now absent from the major current anthologies. Each entry documents the reception, names the mechanism of the forgetting, and links to where the story can be read today.