TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

4FROM THE EDITORS

Addressing our overwhelming maleness.

 

 

7INTERVIEWS

 

8John Jeremiah Sullivan

An extended interview between Robert Moor and one of our greatest living essayists in which they discuss interviewing, David Foster Wallace, writing for the Times and more.

 

26Simon Rich

SNL's youngest writer discusses God, comedy and  coming out as a writer to your writer family.

 

 

36Myq Kaplan

The comedian on process, collaboration and a bit of beef with Marc Maron.

 

 

45POETRY

 

46Obilatron

Sara Deniz Akant

Second Place Winner of 2012 Winter Contest

 

52The Humiliations

Les Gottesman

 

56Pretending to Go and Come from Heaven by Fire

Annie Christain