Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner on the art of television: “TV writing is for people who hate being alone more than they hate writing.” Adam Phillips on the art of nonfiction: “I had never had any desire to be a writer. I wanted to be a reader.” And a visit with Evan S. Connell. “I just do it the way I think it should be done. Sometimes I have no idea what critics are talking about.” 

The second installment of a novel by Rachel Cusk. New fiction from Zadie Smith, Ben Lerner, Luke Mogelson, and Bill Cotter.

Poems by John Ashbery, Dorothea Lasky, Frederick Seidel, Carol Muske-Dukes, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, and Nick Laird. A portfolio of previously unpublished photographs by Francesca Woodman.

Table of Contents

Fiction

Bill Cotter, The Window Lion

Rachel Cusk, Outline: Part 2

Ben Lerner, Specimen Days

Luke Mogelson, To the Lake

Zadie Smith, Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets

Interview

Adam Phillips, The Art of Nonfiction No. 7

Matthew Weiner, The Art of Screenwriting No. 4

Poetry

John Ashbery, Three Poems

Nick Laird, XY

Dorothea Lasky, Four Poems

Carol Muske-Dukes, No Hands

Geoffrey G. O'Brien, Two Poems

Frederick Seidel, Five Poems

Portfolio

Francesca Woodman, Fugitive Photographs

Document

Gemma Sieff, A Visit with Evan Connell

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