Mcsweeney's 39

Brief Description: In classic quadruple-stamped hardcover clothing, Issue 39 offers a whole lot to behold--Elmore Leonard's latest Karen Sisco caper and Roberto Bolano's Neochilean road trip, J. T. K. Belle's unkillable bovine and Benjamin Weissman's Louella Tarantula, Julie Hecht on Marimekko dresses and Jess Walter on going to cardboard, and amazing, far-ranging fiction from Amelia Grey and Abigail Maxwell and Yannick Murphy, too. (Plus some pretty incredible nonfiction on the fall of the Peacock Throne.) Don't miss this one!Publisher Marketing: A thirty-ninth issue of McSweeney's, which has won multiple literary awards, including two National Magazine Awards for fiction, and has had numerous stories appear in The Best American Magazine Writing, the O Henry Awards anthologies, and The Best American Short Stories.

Contributor Bio:  Eggers, Dave DAVE EGGERSis the editor of McSweeney s and a cofounder of 826 National, a network of nonprofit writing and tutoring centers for youth, located in seven cities across the United States. He is the author of four books, including What Is the What and How We Are Hungry.