McSweeney's #56

Issue 56 delivers new work from Michelle Tea, Jose Antonio Vargas, T. C. Boyle, Dantiel W. Moniz, Genevieve Hudson, Jincy Willett, to name a few, and a section of staggering fiction from emerging Nigerian writers soon to be household names, with an introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. There are botched home invasions and perception-heightening witchcraft, disillusioned mailmen and playlists for the comatose, posthumous visits from lovers and nail-biting prison breaks. And, if that weren’t enough, this opulent hardcover also includes a captivating ten-page illustrated story by Rui Tenreiro that begins right on the cover, and poems by Soviet-era absurdist Daniil Kharms, translated by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Ferris. Time to cancel your plans—something more important has come up. Featuring letters from: Emerson Whitney Jose Antonio Vargas Michelle Tea Kristen Iskandrian Mary Houlihan Fiction by: Jincy Willett Genevieve Hudson Dantiel W. Moniz Reif Larsen Michael Deagler Dawn Davies Shubnum Khan T. C. Boyle Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ope Adedeji Roy Udeh-Ubaka Adachioma Ezeano Chukwuebuka Ibeh Ngozi John Three poems by: Daniil Kharms Translated by: Katie Farris and Ilya Kaminsky And a ten-page illustrated story by: Rui Tenreiro