The Atlantic Fiction 2010

Unfortunately, fewer and fewer of the major magazines publish fiction. The Atlantic, although no longer publishing fiction regularly in its monthly issues, now publishes an annual fiction supplement, which for subscribers is a separate publication, and for newsstand buyers is bound into the magazine. The current (May 2010) fiction issue is now available. It contains seven very different stories, including those by Jerome Charyn and T. C. Boyle, and seven poems, including one by Jane Hirshfield. Also included are an essay by Richard Bausch (about whose recent collection of short stories I posted on 4/10/10), speaking out against writer's manuals; an interview with Paul Theroux about e-books; and a heartrending essay by Joyce Carol Oates about the painful loss of her husband of 48 years, Raymond Smith. Kudos to The Atlantic for its continued commitment to publishing fiction, poetry, and literature-related essays!