The Lonely Stories

by Megan Giddings, Claire Dederer, Jeffery Renard Allen, Maggie Shipstead, Emily Raboteau, Lev Grossman, Lena Dunham, Anthony Doerr, Helena Fitzgerald, Maile Meloy, Aja Gabel, Jean Kwok, Amy Shearn, Peter Ho Davies, Maya Shanbhag Lang, Lidia Yuknavitch, Dina Nayeri, Melissa Febos, Natalie Eve Garrett, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jesmyn Ward, Imani Perry, Yiyun Li