I Found This Funny (paperback) Edited by Judd Apatow

Table of Contents

 1. Carson McCullers, "The Jockey."

 2. Raymond Carver, "The Elephant."

 3. Ian Frazier, "Coyote v Acme."

 4. James Agee, "A Mothers Tale."

 5. F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles."

 6. Faye Fiore, "Picture of Elvis and Nixon."

 7. Simon Rich, "If Life Were Like Middle School "Five Greatest Boyfriends", "My Friend's New Girlfriend," "Columbian Tourism", and "Love Coupons."

 8. Paul Simms, "For Immediate Release."

 9. Dan Chaon, "I Demand to Know..."

 10. Jon Stewart, "Lenny Bruce: The Making of a Sitcom."

 11. Judd Apatow, "How I Got Kicked Out of High School."

 12. Michael Chabon , "Ocean Avenue"

 13. David Sedaris, "Go Carolina."

 14. Adam McKay, "Buckwell's Follies."

 15. Adam Sandler, "Canteen Boy"

 16. Paul Feig, "And Now a Word from the Booth"

 17. Philip Roth, "The Conversion of the Jews."

 18. Jonathan Ames, "No Contact, Asshole."

 19. Flannery O'Conner, "Good Country People."

 20. Ernest Hemmingway, "The Killers."

 21. Andre Dubus, "All The Time In The World."

 22. Jonathan Franzen, "Two Ponies."

 23. Poetry of Tony Hoagland

 24. John Lahr, "The Goat Boy Rises."

 25. Rodney Rothman, "Vivian."

 26. Conan O'Brian, "Lookwell." (TV pilot)

 27. Nora Ephron, "What I Wish I'd Known."

 28. Lorrie Moore, Four Calling Birds, "Three French Hens."

 29. Cartoons of Hugleikur Dagsson

 30. Miranda July, "Majesty."

 31. Alice Monroe, "Material."

 32. Steve Martin, "In the Birdcage."

 33. Dave Eggers, "Your Mother and I."

 34. Amy Bloom, "Love Is Not a Pie."

 35. Tobias Wolf, "Hunters In the Snow."

The publication of this anthology finds Post Road standing at the crossroads between the magazine's origins and its future.

No Near Exit: Contemporary Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine is now available from the Dzanc Books website and in stores and online vendors as well. No Near Exitis a sampling of the not-too-distant past, a representation of their ambition to showcase excellent writing in the guise of a traveling roadshow. Contemporary writers such as Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, Ed Park, Sloane Crosley, and more select their favorite writings from the first eighteen issues of this storied journal.

No Near Exit Now Available

CONTRIBUTORS: Edward Albee, Elisa Albert, Will Allison, Allison Amend, Jonathan Ames, Jami Attenberg, Mary Jo Bang, April Bernard, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Charles Bock, Adam Braver, Wayne Bremser, Jericho Brown, Kevin Canty, Maud Casey, Brock Clarke, Michael Collins, Sloane Crosley, Michael Czyzniejewski, Michael Dahlie, Nicholas Dawidoff, Stacia J.N. Decker, Nina de Gramont, Lisa Dierbeck, Rebecca Donner, David Ebershoff, Jennifer Egan, Courtney Eldridge, Will Eno, Marion Ettlinger, Joshua Furst, Mary Gaitskill, J. Malcolm Garcia, Diana George, Amy Gerstler, Barry Gifford, Myla Goldberg, Tod Goldberg, Lev Grossman, Jennifer Haigh, Melissa Haley, Lorraine Healy, Amy Hempel, Edward Hoagland, James Hoch, Richard Hoffman, Noy Holland, Ann Hood, A.E. Hotchner, Nathan Ihara, Molly Jong-Fast, Pagan Kennedy, Owen King, Joanna Klink, Yusef Komunyakaa, Neil LaBute, Holly LeCraw, Don Lee, Margot Livesey, Phillip Lopate, Yael Goldstein Love, Allison Lynn, Fiona Maazel, Dora Malech, David Mamet, Fred Marchant, Ben Marcus, Sebastian Matthews, David Means, Adrienne Miller, Lydia Millet, Rick Moody, Sarah Murphy, Galt Niederhoffer, Audrey Niffenegger, Jude Nutter, Ed Park, Edith Pearlman, Tom Perrotta, Patrick Phillips, Scott D. Pomfret, Dan Pope, Melissa Pritchard, Nelly Reifler, Stacey Richter, Matt Roberts, Lewis Robinson, Roxana Robinson, Peter Rock, Michael Ryan, George Saunders, Elissa Schappell, Amy Scheibe, Christine Schutt, Elizabeth Searle, Jessica Shattuck, Jim Shepard, Karen Shepard, Tom Sleigh, Alan Smithee, Wesley Stace, Mark Strand, Darin Strauss, Virgil Suarez, Anthony Swofford, Hannah Tinti, Eugenio Volpe, Daniel Wallace, Nathaniel West, Mark Wunderlich, and Paul Yoon.