Conjunctions #36, Dark Laughter

Fiction. Poetry. This anthology features a special portfolio edited by Bradford Morrow and Jonathan Safran Foer which explores laughter that comes from the darkest part of our hearts. This section includes narratives of black comedy, gothic satire and violent burlesque by Robert Coover, Joyce Carol Oates, Rick Moody, Dale Peck, Rikki Ducornet, Paul West, Diane Williams, Ben Marcus, Paul Maliszewski, Lynne Tillman, Jonathan Ames, Gilbert Sorrentino, Valerie Martin, Alexander Theroux, Elisabeth Cohen, Rebecca Brown and George Saunders. The issue also contains new fiction and poetry by Homero Aridjis, Noy Holland, Mark McMorris, Sally Keith, Can Xue, Elizabeth Robinson, Sandra Meek, Michael Coffey and Sarah Rothenberg, along with a complete novella by William H. Gass