Zyzzyva no. 128: The Long Form

In This Issue Long-Form Fiction “You Are the Hero” by Bill Cheng: Her D&D campaigns are fraught, but so is her menial job, her family life, and the exasperating nature of yearning. “Come to Me” by Lucy Corin: “Not long ago I was on safari. Yep, safari, a lifetime later. I have done fine for myself. Money is money, and it’s all dirty.” “The Fortune Tellers” by Michael Jaime-Becerra: Hard work, a bake sale, and some love from Art Laboe has to bode well for a teen garage band. Doesn’t it? AND “The Bridge After It’s Gone” by Justin Taylor “They were coping. Some of them still are. Maybe there’s a way in which self-neglect, or even (up to a point) self-abuse is actually a form of self-care?” Poetry Samiya Bashir, Elizabeth Metzger, and Sima Rabinowitz In Conversation Ethan Canin talks to Anthony Marra about the joys of the novella. Francisco Goldman discusses his work and his world view, as well as the literary life in Mexico City, with Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo. Art Birgit Jensen