Now celebrating seventy-five years of continuous publication, has been called one of the best magazines in America by Nan Talese, "the roots" in Esquire's garden of contemporary literature, and one of the best places for "fabulous fiction" by the . One of the oldest and most prestigious literary journals in the country, it ranks among "Nineteen Magazines That Matter." This anthology collects some of the best fiction and poetry from the writers who have appeared in the journal's pages. Hilda Raz is a professor of English at the University of Nebraska. She is the author of three books of poetry, including . She is the editor of .