false 4532345 1 <I>McSweeney's</I> began in 1998 as a literary journal, edited by Dave Eggers, which published only works rejected from other magazines. But after the first issue, the journal began to publish pieces written with <I>McSweeney's</I> in mind. Soon after, <I>McSweeney's</I> attracted works from some of the finest writers in the country, including David Foster Wallace, Ann Cummins, Rick Moody, Heidi Julavits, Jonathan Lethem, William T. Vollmann, and many new talents. Today, <I>McSweeney's</I> has grown to be one of the country's best and largest-circulation literary journals. The journal is committed to finding new voices, publishing work of gifted but underappreciated writers, and pushing the literary form forward at all times. 4581559 1 2 2009 McSweeney's Issue 30 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern) total:106|5:18|4:48|3:32|2:8|1:0| 106 394 153 24 5 1 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 16:04:14 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 22:45:58 -0800 2009
I am going to read it again.

The last...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 17:59:38 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 18:22:49 -0800 2009
I have to bring up one sore subject: the imposition of academics on what would otherwise be highly entertaining fiction. It's no mystery that McSweeney's has a reputation for being a clearing house for MFA fiction. Not that MFA...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 09:32:35 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 14:08:22 -0800 2009
Bill Cotter's opening "Pfaff 2" was pretty bleak start for a collection emblazoned with a giant REJOICE across the cover, so I guess I'm glad to see that the golden glow just cresting our political ho...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 18 10:43:06 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:48:49 -0700 2009
The stories by Carson Mell (my current favorite animator, of Wholphin "fame") and Welles Tower (best story this edition) redeem every ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 15:05:46 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 15:08:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 22:13:40 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:36:03 -0700 2009
The final story, a retelling of one published earlier, is less compelling than the story about it's history on the copyright page.

Still worth it for the good stuff!]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 13:02:43 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 15:15:46 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 20:13:32 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 20:11:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 19:39:29 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 19:42:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 17 12:38:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 12:40:59 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 13 08:38:51 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:39:51 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 20:11:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 07:19:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 03:24:24 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 06:16:10 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 06 07:54:44 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 07:55:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 03:52:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 03:52:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 31 04:13:33 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 04:16:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 12:11:17 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:04:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 05:01:04 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 08:34:02 -0700 2009 Arrested Development movie already!]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 10:13:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 19:25:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 21 09:34:36 -0800 2009 Sun May 03 05:57:29 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4532345