The last speaker of the language / Carol Anshaw --
Pilgrim life / Taylor Antrim --
What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank / Nathan Englander --
The other place / Mary Gaitskill --
North Country / Roxane Gay --
Paramour / Jennifer Haigh --
Navigators / Mike Meginnis --
Miracle polish / Steven Millhauser --
Volcano / Lawrence Osborne --
Diem perdidi / Julie Otsuka --
Honeydew / Edith Pearlman --
Occupational hazard / Angela Pneuman --
Beautiful monsters / Eric Puchner --
Tenth of December / George Saunders --
The sex lives of African girls / Taiye Selasi --
Alive / Sharon Solwitz --
M & M world / Kate Walbert --
Anything helps / Jess Walter --
What's important is feeling / Adam Wilson.
