In the 1600s Daniel Defoe published what's regarded as the first work of literary nonfiction. Chronicling the upheaval of our own time, writers created a new literary language combining state-of-the-art journalism and literary writing. This collection, a swooping narrative from the magazine of the same name, offers a roadmap pointing to the future, full of humor, politics, and pathos. Contributors include Steve Erickson, Mikal Gilmore, Blanche McCrary Boyd, Thrity Umrigar, Ted Mooney, Sarah Chayes, J.C. Hallman, Tim Page, Beth Alvarado, Lauren Camp, Maxine Chernoff, Gregory McNamee, Matt Cooper, Michael Brown, Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi, Paul Cullum, Keith Donnell Jr., David Galef, Jami Macarty, Mike Medberry, Christine Kiessling, Alberto Montero, Paul E Nelson, David Weir, Ben Quick, Stephen Derwent Partington, Stephen Pain, Hailey Nicole Warner, Herb Randall, William Thatcher Dowell, Michelle Browder.