Jhumpa Lahiri on the Art of Fiction: “My question is, What makes a language yours, or mine?” Alice Notley on the Art of Poetry: “Writing is not therapy. That’s the last thing it is. I still have my grief.” Prose by Elijah Bailey, Julien Columeau, Joanna Kavenna, Samanta Schweblin, Eliot Weinberger, and Joy Williams. Poetry by Gbenga Adesina, Elisa Gabbert, Jessica Laser, Maureen N. McLane, Mary Ruefle, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, and Matthew Zapruder. Art by Farah Al Qasimi and Chris Oh. Cover: Nicolas Party, Still Life, 2024, soft pastel on pastel card, 31 1/2 x 19 11/16".