issue one of a public space came in the mail yesterday, and let me tell you all about how awesome it is. it has some great essays from literary luminaries like marilynne robinson (on the importance of fiction), less-great essays from literary luminaries like rick moody (on the whole james frey/jt leroy thing--it never ends!--but from the POV of someone who's written a memoir, which is actually annoying b/c he's all "when i exaggerated one thing for effect i felt guilty and took it out"), lots of great fiction (the kelly link story about superheroes was a highlight, but they were all excellent), and a "focus on japan" featuring some newly-translated short stories as well as interviews with japanese translators of american fiction (including haruku murakami, whose new book of short stories is finally coming out this year, apparently). there's also some art essay about mining and some poems, but i mostly skipped over that stuff.
so anyway, you all should subscribe or at least borrow my copy.
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