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The work here runs the gamut from the deeply, arrestingly serious to the downright silly, all of it brilliant. Alongside familiar names you will discover writers to keep an eye on. We’re proud to publish them all.

Contributions by Jake Goldsmith, Seth Rogoff, Iván Argüelles, P.J. Blumenthal, C.J. Spataro, Israel A. Bonilla, Alex Diggins, Marvin Cohen, Tomoé Hill, M.J. Nicholls, Christopher Boucher, Kurt Luchs, Mark Svenvold, Ben Libman, Colin James, Simon Kinch, Anne Pierson Wiese, Ben Miller, Angela Starita, Geoffrey D. Morrison, Gerry Feehily, Matt Schumacher, David Rose, and Tom Conaghan.