Off Assignment
Off Assignment is a literary magazine with a penchant for journeys and a fascination with strangers. We’re made up of writers who travel, poets who wander, essayists with a sense of place, reporters with swollen notebooks, and gourmands with street cart taste. We have a taste for offbeat places. We care about voice and story. We want the writer on the page—sweating, tripping, and telling a tale.
01/18/2026
Imagine our suprise when, minutes into watching Marty Supreme, we saw longtime OA friend (literally the impetus of our founding, as you can read on our About page) and contributor Pico Iyer on-screen as Marty's bureaucratic nemesis in the world of international ping pong! We always knew we were one degree of connection away from Hollywood—just sayin' (Timmy, your invitation to our next event is in the mail). But most importantly, here's a beautiful quote from Pico about his careers in travel writing and, now, acting: "I’ve always felt that writing is acting by another name; even in nonfiction, I’m trying to get into a foreigner’s soul by finding the corner in me that rhymes with something in him." Congratulations, Pico!
11/17/2025
On a brisk Friday night in beautiful Red Hook, over 60 Off Assignment readers, contributors, alums, and admirers joined to ask and answer the question, "What does scrappy mean to you?" — a question that was posed in an OA course last year and that Farah Faye has built an entire reading series out of. Seven phenomenal readings ensued: We heard about Vietnamese dads, surprisingly supportive bosses, sketchy relatives, night club shenanigans, anthropomorphized body parts, disease tinged with hope, and the comfort of Pringles cans. An unforgettable evening, and here's to many more opportunities to connect, scrappy and all!
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