“And this, dear readers, is where [we] failed you. If we had designated ‘Coal Miner Mother’ a fiction, our ‘only’ blunder would have been that we were duped by a pen name—a fate shared by so many other publications.” — Marc Smirnoff, in an apology for publishing J.T. Leroy

Fiction Daniel Alarcón, John Holman, Chris Bachelder, and Stephanie Powell Watts. Profiles of Kevin Brockmeier, Natasha Trethewey, Ron Rash, and others emerging writers.

Contributors include Paul Reyes, Will Blythe, Susan Straight, Diane Roberts, Melissa King, and others.