McSweeney's Issue 64 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The Audio Issue

Combining art, fiction, audio, and a slew of unclassifiable print objects in a custom box, *McSweeney's 64* is a riotous exploration of audiovisual storytelling, coproduced with **Radiotopia from PRX** (home to genius, independent audio creators including *Song Exploder*, *Criminal*, *Ear Hustle*, and more). Each piece in the issue establishes its own relationship between audio and print-the contributor's unique experiment in weaving the mediums. Included are **Rion Amilcar Scott** with a short fiction piece featuring two alternative audio endings; Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer **Kate Soper** with a transhumanist, interactive software upload; DeafBlind poet **John Lee Clark** on the limits of accessibility; **Claudia Dey**, **Jason Reynolds**, **Renee Gladman**, **Sharon Mashihi**, and more taking us on audio tours of our own homes; **Aliya Pabani** with a radio drama whose plot is complicated by a 24" x 30" illustrated poster; **Ian Chillag** with an absurdist, interactive phone tree; **James T. Green**, **Catherine Lacey**, and *This American Life*'s **Sean Cole** with voicemail dispatches to the editor; National Book Award-finalist **Kali Fajardo-Anstine**, **Aimee Bender**, and **Kelli Jo Ford** with short stories that braid in audio; and so much more.