Introduction / by Salman Rushdie
The year of silence / Kevin Brockmeier
Man and wife / Katie Chase
Closely held / Allegra Goodman
May we be forgotten / A. M. Homes
From the desk of Daniel Varsky / Nicole Krauss
The king of sentences / Johnathan Lethem
The worst you ever feel / Rebecca Makkai
The wizard of West Orange / Steven Millhauser
Nawabdin electrician / Daniyal Mueenuddin
Child's play / Alice Munro
Buying Lenin / Miroslav Penkov
Vampires in the lemon grove / Karen Russell
Quality of life / Christine Sneed
Missionaries / Bradford Tice
Straightaway / Mark Wisniewski
