Table of Contents
6. Letters from Wajahat Ali, Nick Jaina, Robin Terrell, Kimberly Harrington, Mary Miller, Rick Moody, Will Butler, and Ariel S. Winter.
17. Introduction
19. Selected excerpts from Gary Burden's autobiography Nobody Knows
37. The Babysitter, Emily Raboteau
61. The Lottery, Redux, Megan Mayhew Bergman
71. The Tell-Tale Heart, Anthony Marra
79. Falling Faintly, Jess Walter
97. Once, Lauren Groff
101. Men On Bikes, Roxane Gay
109. Company, Namwali Serpell
125. And So On, Kiese Laymon
137. If You're Happy And You Know It, Meg Wolitzer
147. The Argentine Ant, T.C. Boyle
167. One Hour, Every Seven Years, Alice Sola Kim
181. Sleepy, Chris Abani
191. The Yellow Wallpaper, Tom Drury
Cover Poems
49. "The Metaphor Program" by Brian Turner
65. "Poem for Keats" by Matthew Zapruder
75. "Having a Coke with You" by Rebecca Lindenberg
105. "Roofers" by Stephen Burt
140. "Poem on the Occasion of Weekly Staff Meeting" by Matthew Zapruder