The Drum: A Literary Magazine For Your Ears

Episode 5 of Safe & Sound features a magical bird, a hypnotist and two writers with work perfectly suited to our cur... Read more

Mysterious dreams, red tulips and a suspicious car on a snowy Moscow night—all this can be found in Episode 4 of Safe &a... Read more

Liven up your couch-to-kitchen commute with tales of mug shots, animal companions, unexpected heirlooms and facing the w... Read more

No trips to the bookstore this weekend, but you can tune in to Episode 2 of Safe & Sound to discover brand new books... Read more

Though you may be hunkered down indoors, you can still reach out and connect to fresh voices and new stories. Check out ... Read more

Elizabeth Knapp reads her poems "Capital I," "Is That a Gun in Your Pocket" and "Self-Portrait as Kurt Cobain Wrestling ... Read more

"Yvonne" by Ciera Burch is the 2019 One City One Story all-city read selection for the city of Boston. One City One Stor... Read more

Cattle auctions, pastures, and an old horse. These make up the world of Janisse Ray's essay "Cheyenne", about an old hor... Read more

The repetitive work of a tree-planting camp, the complexity of the forest, and above all, the sounds of that world--thes... Read more

Maya Detwiller's short story "Toads" explores the pains and rewards of adolescence through a child's habit of collecting... Read more