Issue 190

Resumen del libro

James Ellroy on his novels: 'If youre confused about something in one of my books, youve just got to realize, Ellroys a master, and if Im not following it, its my problem.'
Frederick Seidel on the Art of Poetry: 'I like to hear the sound of form, and I like to hear the sound of it breaking.'

New stories by Sam Shepard, Richard Powers, and Mark Slouka.

Streetscapes from fifties New York.

A dispatch from North Korea from Barbara Demick.

Plus poems from Elizabeth Arnold and Timothy Donnelly and newly translated work by Rainer Maria Rilke.