McSweeney's 43

Letters / from Nathan C. Martin, Thao Nguyen, Avery Monsen, Doogie Horner, Rachel Sommerville, and Patrick Schaffner

Charity / Charles Baxter

Like Penelope / Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

Burning bright / T.C. Boyle

The Texan from Gaza does yoga in prison / Noor Elashi

Moment stay / Catherine Lacey

Zero hour / William Wheeler.