Cal Barton
Contributing Reporter
cal.barton@yale.edu
Author Archive
CAL BARTON
FICTION: Fast and Getting Faster

He is saying this is what life is — life is a long ride in a taxi and the meter keeps climbing and at the end your driver asks the rearview mirror if he should let his wife keep the dogs when he leaves her.

May 12, 2025

CAL BARTON
FICTION: The Skin Shed

Illustration by Anna Chamberlin This piece received an honorable mention in the fiction category of the 2o24 Wallace Prize. Here’s Lisa May, in late-night lamplight, […]

May 7, 2024

Illustration by Anna Chamberlin
CAL BARTON
FICTION: Poster Child

Illustration by Thisbe Wu This piece received third place in the fiction category of the 2024 Wallace Prize. When the girl named Lucy Tatum was […]

May 7, 2024

Illustration by Thisbe Wu
CAL BARTON
PROFILE: The Magician and the Fool

When I ask the cashiers at Lambert Books—one of the oldest esoteric bookstores in London—if I might interview one of the store’s tarot readers, the […]

November 14, 2023