Every so often, we'll have a meeting here at the McSweeney's HQ, where we ask interns—our heroes and lifeblood—to tell us what they would put in the magazine if they had their druthers. Over the years, the results have been pretty great. Dominic Luxford, and intern a few years ago, wanted poetry in McSweeney's, so we asked him to come up with an innovative way to present it. The result was Poets Picking Poets, which became a section of Issue 22 and later a standalone paperback book. Not too long after that issue appeared, Darren Franich and Graham Weatherly pitched the idea of an issue celebrating neglected or deceased literary forms, and it immediately intrigued everyone. they went at the idea with a vengeance, and a year later—the research, commissioning, writing and editing of this issue took a very long time—here we are, with an astonishing array of forms and genres that you've likely never heard of, but which you might very well grow attached to. The pantoum, for example, has already become popular around the office and among our online readers (many of whom sent in their examples of the form). And we expect that the whore dialogue, hilarious and profane and very practical, might catch on again, especially with our readers, many of whom are experts in both cleaning and sexual technique. So we hope you'll enjoy this issue, and that those of you who have recently graduated or been laid off will consider McSweeney's for your internship needs. You will be valued, if not adequately paid.
Editor: Dave Eggers
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