FICTION
Ann Beattie The Caterer
Lynn Freed Sunshine
Viet Thanh Nguyen Arthur Arellano
Antonya Nelson I. S. O.
Octavia Randolph The Lamp of Truth

POETRY
Carl Adamshick
John Balaban
Valzhyna Mort
James Richardson
Craig Morgan Teicher
Jean Valentine

INTERVIEWS
Mary Gaitskill
Donald Hall

PROFILES
Shirley Hazzard

TASTE
Sylvie Bigar My Dinner Chez Monsieur Paul
Aleksandra Crapanzano Shelf Space

LETTERS TO A YOUNG WRITER
Louis Menand

BEST ADVICE
Tina Nettesheim

CARTOONS
Glen Le Lievre, Kim Warp, Joe Dator, Farley Katz, Lydia Conklin, and Mira Scharf

READERS’ NARRATIVES
Robert P. Baird The Mines at Pitosí, Bolivia

FIRST & SECOND LOOKS
Charles Sprawson Haunts of the Black Masseur

CLASSICS
Anton Chekhov The Murder