by Antony Doerr, Stephen Elliott, Stuart Dybek, and Anthony Swofford
Review:
This magazine is 224 pages of fiction, new voice-fiction, poetry, new voice-poetry, interviews, and essays/features from the January 5, 2007 issue. In the Editor's Note, "writers are considered public intellectuals", and believe me, this issue is full of clever political debates. There are a few pieces worth a second read in this magazine and some not even worth the time of day. I think Healthy Start by Etgar Keret and Steve Almond's Condifreaks Speak are the best in the collection. On Sholem Asch's Three Cities by Aaron Hamburger is witty and Where I Slept by Stephen Elliott is simultaneously sad and odd. Overall, a surprising mix of modern literature and reflections on classic authors.
