McSweeney's Issue 51 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)

• Each issue of the quarterly is completely redesigned. There have been hardcovers and paperbacks, an issue with two spines, an issue with a magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail, and an issue that looked like a sweaty human head
• McSweeney's 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
• Design awards given to the quarterly include the AIGA 50 Books Award, the AIGA 365 Illustration Award, and the Print Design Regional Award

This issue includes:

Letters by:

Patrick Cottrell

Amy Berkowitz

Ali Liebegott

Lawrence Weschler

José Vadi

Niela Orr

Claire Vaye Watkins

Rajeev Balasubramanyam


Stories by:

Nick Arvin

Chris Dennis

Mia McKenzie

RJ Vogt

Iacopo Barison

Etgar Keret

LaToya Watkins

Laura Adamczyk

Armonía Somers

Jeff Wilson and Armin Ozdie

Nadja Spiegelman

Michael Andreasen

Merrill Feitell

Emma Hooper

Ernie Wang

Nathaniel Minton

Hadley Moore

Xavier Navarro Aquino