Cover of McSweeney's #20

McSweeney's #20

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McSweeney's has grown to be one of the country's best and largest-circulation literary journals. The journal is committed to finding new voices, publishing work of gifted but underappreciated writers, and pushing the literary form forward at all times. We have no idea what Issue 20 will be.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 300 pages

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