Galadrielle Allman
- Please Be With Me (Winter Tour Excerpt)
- Please Be With Me (ATL Pop Excerpt)

MK Asante
- Buck: A Memoir (Book Cover)
- Buck: A Memoir (Chap. 1)
- Buck: A Memoir (Chap. 2)

Rick Benjamin
- Passing Love (Poem)

Melissa Broder
- MEAT HEART (Poem)

David Burkus
- The Myths of Creativity (Excerpt)

Stephen Burt
- Belmont (Poem)

Jeff Chang
- Can't Stop Won't Stop (Prelude)

Teju Cole
- Open City (Excerpt)
Morri Creech
- Song and Complaint (Poem)

Erica Dawson
- The Small Blades Hurt (Poem)

Junot Díaz
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Book Cover)
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Excerpt)

Jen Doll
- Save the Date (Excerpt)

Paul Edwards
- How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC (Excerpt)
- How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques (Excerpt)

Jon Gertner
- The Idea Factory (Book Cover)
- The Idea Factory (Introduction)

Seth Godin
- The Purple Cow (Excerpt)

George Green
- Lord Byron's Foot (Poem)
Robert Greene
- The 50th Law (Introduction)
- The 50th Law (Chap. 1)
- The 50th Law (Chap. 2)
- Mastery (Introduction)

Michael P. Jeffries
- Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America (Excerpt)

Ken Kalfus
- Equilateral

Etgar Keret
- Suddenly, a Knock on the Door (Short Story)

Dorothea Lasky
- Rome (Poem)

Jenna Le
- Six Rivers (Poem)

Chris Leslie-Hynan
- Ride Around Shining (Excerpt)

Elizabeth Little
- Dear Daughter (Excerpt)
Tao Lin
- Taipei (Excerpt)
- you are a little bit happier than i am (Poem)

Adam Mansbach
- Rage is Back (Chap. 1)
- Rage is Back (Chap. 2)

George R. R. Martin
- Game of Thrones

Joshua Mehigan
- The Optimist (Poem)
- Accepting the Disaster (Poem)

Phong Nguyen
- Benjamin Franklin, Clergyman (Excerpt)

Alexis Ohanian
- Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed (Excerpt)

Dayo Olopade
- The Bright Continent (Excerpt)

Ed Pavlic
- Visting Hours at the Color Line (Poem)

Joanna Pearson
- Oldest Mortal Myth (Poem)

Sheryl Sandberg
- Lean In (Introduction)

Don Share
- Squandermania (Poem)

Patricia Smith
- Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah (Poem)

Tom Standage
- Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years (Introduction)

Jeff VanderMeer
- Annihilation
- Authority

Lance Scott Walker
- Houston Rap (Introduction)
- Houston Rap (Photo Excerpt)

Michael P. Williams
- Chrono Trigger (Excerpt)

Greg Williamson
- A Most Marvelous Piece of Luck (Poem)

Alex Woodard
- For the Sender (Excerpt)

Tom Wolf
- SOUND (Author's Cut of Chap. 3)

David Yezzi
- Birds of the Air (Poem)

Matthew Zapruder
- Sun Bear (Poem)