The human condition in all its forms is played out in a rickety Kenyan bus, a Victorian clinic and the backstreets of Jerusalem in this fourth issue of The Mechanics’ Institute Review. Love and loss, hope and disappointment, are as resonant in suburbia and the Old Kent Road as they are beside a Texan dirt track or in an Indian brothel. Here are 23 short stories from both new and established voices, an essay on the art of self-criticism by one of the world’s leading writers, and illustrated pieces by two of today’s most exciting graphic authors.Contributors - In order of appearance:Editorial Team PrefaceJoyce Carol Oates - The Enigmatic Art of Self CriticismParselelo Kantai - The Cock ThiefNadia Crandall - Six PitchesZoë Fairbairns - Bus Ticket RevisitedElizabeth Sarkany - Dead WeightLucy Roeber - ParoxysmJames Vincent - I Think It’s for LindsayJaime Hernandez - Look OutMichelle Singh - HappinessT. Rawson - The Red ShoesDavid Bezmozgis - A New Gravestone for an Old GraveHilary Wilce - On Thursdays We Go to the AllotmentRohan Kar - White NoiseDavid John Soulsby - Broaching the SubjectNik Korpon - ’Til the Man Comes AroundTom Gauld - GardeningDanny Birchall - The ExilesSamanthi Perera - My Side of the RiverRosie Rogers - Hard to Explain FunnyRose Tremain - A Game of CardsJennifer Payne - Things You Think You NeedGabriela Blandy - Museum of UnwantablesLaura Williams - Balcony ViewDavid Foster Wallace - Good PeoplePaul Ryan - When Your Mother DiesJill McGivering - The Second ChancePraise for MIR4:-“Really good stories, really well made. You don’t get better than that.” – Ali Smith“Brilliant new writing, real, intimate and gripping” – Maggie Gee“For a preview of tomorrow’s writers, start here: these are bold, confident voices venturing into some intriguing, surprising corners of human experience. There are new things under the sun.” – Susan Elderkin
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