The Ash Swimming Pool

By Daisy Johnson,  Illustration by Nicole Rifkin
Illustrations by Nicole Rifkin

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Issue: Fall 2018 / Volume 94/3
Published: October 8, 2018
Daisy Johnson

Daisy Johnson’s debut short story collection, Fen (Graywolf, 2017), was the winner of the Edge Hill Prize. Her debut novel, Everything Under (Graywolf, 2019), has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She was the winner of the AM Heath Prize and the Harper’s Bazaar short story prize. She has...

Nicole Rifkin

Nicole Rifkin is a Brooklyn–based illustrator. She has a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration) from Pratt Institute and an MFA in Illustration from SVA. She has worked for the Atlantic, Audible, Buzzfeed, Fast Company, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, the New York Times, Showtime,...

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