The new issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal is dedicated to Fiction and the contemporary state of the fiction world
- Original fiction by Mona Awad, Caren Beilin, Melissa Febos, Sarah Majka, Nafissa Thomson-Spires, and Helena María Viramontes,
- Original poetry by Kim Hyesoon, Margaret Ross, Mary Ruefle, Devon Walker-Figueroa
- Feature Pieces by Sarah Sillin, Kim Fay, Paris Amanda Spies-Gans, Namrata Poddar and Nikole Potulsky
- Original Shorts by Hosannah Asuncion, Negar Azimi, Jo Ann Beard, Zinzi Clemmons, Erica Ehrenberg, Rivka Galchen, Yiyun Li, Molly Prentiss
- Original Artworks by Sadie Barnette, Marichen Danz, Meejin Hong, Lakshmi Luthra & Brica Wilcox, Allison Miller, Wangechi Mutu, Rosa Yaghmai
FICTION
Excerpt from “Rid of Me” // Melissa Febos
Woman Causes Avalanche // Mona Awad
The Alaskero // Helena María Viramontes
Belles Lettres // Nafissa Thomson-Spires
The Kindness of the Parking Appeals Office // Sara Majka
Women’s Hospital // Caren Beilin
POETRY
Two Poems // Kim Hyesoon, Translated by Don Mee Choi
Spirit Level // Margaret Ross
Three Poems // Mary Ruefle
Two Poems // Devon Walker-Figueroa
FEATURES
Likable Comics // Sarah Sillin
The Abundant Life of Carolyn See // Kim Fay
On Margaret Cavendish // Paris Amanda Spies-Gans
Interview with Ananda Devi // Namrata Poddar
Ride // Nikole Potulsky
UNSOLVED PROBLEMS
Women on Women Writers: Hossannah Asuncion, Negar Azimi, Jo Ann Beard, Zinzi Clemmons, Erica Ehrenberg, Rivka Galchen, Yiyun Li, Molly Prentiss