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.
