Issue 170

THE ART OF RESILIENCE: in which we realize a disconnect with childhood friends, witness a parent’s infidelity, try to replace a lost lover, and appreciate our Polish “Barbie.”

+ Dispatch essays by Irfan Ali, Gary Barwin, Kyo Maclear, Pacinthe Mattar, Saeed Teebi, Madeleine Thien, and Ayelet Tsabari

+ new fiction by Mark Anthony Jarman and Alex Pugsley