Helen Garner on the Art of Fiction: “There’s nothing more instructive than writing a bad book.” Terrance Hayes on the Art of Poetry: “Writing sonnets meant that I could frame my panic and despair in love.”

Prose by Nancy Lemann, Christian Kracht, and Michelle de Kretser.

Poetry by Stephen Ira, Diane Seuss, and Kathleen Spivack.

Art by Louise Lawler and Christine Sun Kim.

Cover by Danielle Orchard.

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