In the March 2006 issue:
The Man Who Could Not Disappear by Jeff Fort
Why do we care about the details, large and small, of Kafka’s life?
Stuff I’ve Been Reading by Nick Hornby
Sedaratives -- with Guest Columnist Sarah Silverman
Harold Ramis interviewed by Eric Spitznagel
Harold Ramis wrote and directed Caddyshack, the most important movie of all time.
A Brief Take on Genetic Screening by Richard Powers
Diagnosing the chronic belief that medicine and narrative are inextricably
linked.
Alice Quinn interviewed by Meghan O’Rourke
Editing a volume of Elizabeth Bishop’s uncollected work, drafts, and letters reveals what she suffered to become the poet she became.
Reality Hunger: A Manifesto David Shields
Celebrating the confusion between field report and self-portrait, and between fiction and nonfiction.
The Flesh Failures by Devin McKinney
Irresistible arses and bombs on the dance floor: introducing the worldview of Colin MacInnes.
Fat Fiction by Rachel Aviv
If overweight people are in fact an oppressed minority, it’s one with only a handful of writer-champions.
La Zona Fantasma Javier Marías
Ed Ruscha interviewed by Christopher Bollen
“It’s fun to paint fire.”
Stephen Burt on Jennifer Michael Hecht, Jason McBride on Stacey Levine, Sarah Stone on Dubravka Ugre?si´c, Theo Schell-Lambert on Gu Cheng, Thom Blaylock on Mati Unt, and John Domini on Kenneth J. Harvey
Robyn Hitchcock interviewed by Lou Anders
Britain’s surrealist rock luminary plays music for the undead.
