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McSweeney's ever-changing Quarterly Concern returns with our 63 issue featuring a tribute to (and previously unpublished stories by) the acclaimed late author Stephen Dixon. Ever changing, each issue of the quarterly is completely redesigned (there has been an issue with two spines, an issue with a magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail) but always brings you the very best in new literary fiction. Recent McSweeney's stories have won or been shortlisted for the National Magazine Award, the Pushcart Prize, The Caine Prize for African Literature, and been included in various Best American anthologies among other honours. 'A key barometer of the literary climate.' -- The New York Times 'The first bona fide literary movement in decades.' -- Slate
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Reading McSweeney's makes me a better reader and a better writer. I always feel like a few themes jump out at me in each issue, and for this one, it's the idea of grief. So many of the stories here explore that open wound, and I found myself tearing up on more than one occasion. Not a beach read issue, perhaps, but worth your time if you're feeling emotionally resilient.