Stories
- Eyewall – Lauren Groff
- Like a Pill – Nicole Rivas
- Days – Deborah Eisenberg
- Newborn Thrown in Trash and Dies – John Edgar Wideman
- Bartending on a Captainless Ship – Nafkote Tamirat
- Safety – Lydia Fitzpatrick
- Brownies – ZZ Packer
- Double Solitaire – Joyce Carol Oates
- Mr. Voice – Jess Walter
- King of Sentences – Jonathan Lethem
- City Council – Zach VandeZande
- Accord – Zach VandeZande
- Oyster City – Yannick Murphy
Books
- Anagrams – Lorrie Moore
- Goodbye, Vitamin – Rachel Khong
- What the World Will Look Like when All the Water Leaves Us – Laura van den Berg
- AM/PM – Amelia Gray
- Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut
- Pieces for the Left Hand – J. Robert Lennon
- A Book of Common Prayer – Joan Didion
- The Rise & Fall of the Scandamerican Domestic – Christopher Merkner
- Stephen Florida – Gabe Habash
- Crapalachia – Scott McClanahan
- The Ravicka Series – Renee Gladman
- Imaginary Museums – Nicolette Polek
- Found Audio – N.J. Campbell
- The Largesse of the Sea Maiden – Denis Johnson
- The Garbage Times/White Ibis – Sam Pink
- A Bright and Pleading Dagger – Nicole Rivas
- All Fires the Fire – Julio Cortázar
- By the Time You Read This – Yannick Murphy
- Tell Me I’m an Artist – Chelsea Martin
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