Editors as Authors

We’re introducing a new series in which we showcase pictures of our editors looking vaguely like a famous author! Jesse Montgomery as Thomas Pynchon! Amanda Shubert as Marilynne Robinson! Eric Jett as Jonathan Swift! Max Rivlin-Nadler as Barbara Kingsolver! Nika Knight as Lorrie Moore!

Actually, this is probably the only time this will happen. A few weeks ago Jesse drew my attention to a photograph in which I look like a younger, smugger Jonathan Franzen (with a weird black mark that is actually a sticker on his glasses) We report. You decide.

For reference, here’s a picture of Jonathan aka Emperor Franzen:

Literary Dis(-)appearances in (Post)colonial Cities

The latest issue of the Full Stop Quarterly focuses on literary representations of dis(-)appearing (post)colonial cities across the Eurasian continent. Click here to read the introduction.