This was the week we invited people to submit papers for a conference on how to tell Samantha we really like her, while also citing scientific journals that wrote about unicorns. We street canvassed with a broken heart, failed at writing copy for hotel ads, and asked Busta Rhymes a bunch of questions. To top it all off, we launched a short story contest for new student subscribers and finally (finally!) got our baby to sleep through the night.
The Association for the Study of Romantic Letters Presents the First Annual Conference On How to Tell Samantha I Really Like Her
by Jason Harrington
Do You Have a Minute for Me?
by Sloane Crosley
McSweeney’s First-Ever Student Short Story Contest
by McSweeney’s
I Failed Terribly at Creating an Approachable Down-Home Tone for a Large American Hotel Chain
by Dan Kennedy
My Baby is Sleeping Through the Night and So I Have Transcended Time, Space, and Pain
by Katie Schorr
Hungover Bear and Friends: Saved By Criticism
by Ali Fitzgerald
Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs: Hay
by Teddy Wayne
Retail Therapy: Inside the Apple Store: The Mothership
by JK Appleseed
An Open Letter to Busta Rhymes
by Mike Levine
Actual Unicorn Related Articles Found in Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals
by David Ng
Testomania: Know Your Rights
by Janet Manley
Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: For the Eye Sees Not Itself
by Susan Schorn
Reviews of New Food
by Mara Altman and Amy Wright
826 Chicago at Pitchfork: Danny Brown Talks Time Travel, Ice Cream, and Eminem
by 826 Chicago
Letters to McSweeney’s
by Various Letter Writers