291 pp. Octavo (5.5 x 8.25 in.) Light wear to wraps with a crease to top fore-edge corner of wraps. Signed by Walter Mosley at his story "Open House." With a letter from the publisher laid in. Foreword: Lift-off, laurel wreaths, and the power of "yes" by Allan Gurganus, With stories by Sue Miller, Ethan Canin, Ann Patchett, Brad Owens, Harriet Doerr, Mark Dewey, Emily Hammond, A.M. Homes, Jonathan Ames, Suzanne Juergensen, Lauren Belfer, David Lipshy, Daniel Mueller, Michael Drinkard, Chris Spain, Steven Barthelme, Mona Simpson, Jennifer Coke, M.T. Sharif, Pinckney Benedict, Fenton Johnson, and Molly Giles.