THE SOUTHERN MAGAZINE OF GOOD WRITING PROUDLY PUBLISHED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS

OXFORDAMERICAN

The Future Issue WHAT’S NEXT?

JACK PENDARVIS head-butts a team of runaway robots JOHN I. EDGE speeds down the Super-Highway of Southern food HAL CROWTHER sees the Apocalypse ANNE GISLESON hugs New Orleans (with crossed fingers) MICHAEL PARKER hears the end of the Southern twang ANDREW FURMAN ponders a tree ROBERT ZIMMERMAN wants to see you in Outer Space PICO IYER visits a room of his own MATTHEW PITT observes shape-shifting on the Gulf Coast

11 SHORT STORIES FROM THE YEAR

2050

FEATURING Connie May Fowler, Susan Straight. Patty Houston, Victor LaValle, Charles Yu, M.D. Walsh, Wendy Brenner, Nicholas Rombes, James Whorton, Jr ., Michael Martone, & Megan Mayhew Bergman