THE STATE OF CREATION
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Canteen redefines the literary magazine. We ask accomplished writers to reveal their creative process, and we pair that insight with the best new work in fiction, poetry, art, and photography—all designed to look more like a fine art book than a dusty journal.

Browse Issue Four

- Eric Puchner & Katharine Noel keep score in their writers’ marriage.
- Laura Gibson learns the cost of a cross-country ride.
- Stephen Elliott waxes lyrical in defense of the slush pile.
- Ben Fountain cuts four deadly gems of microfiction.

Issue 4

Graze on Issue Three

- Porochista Khakpour rings the bell on round one of literary life.
- Benjamin Kunkel recalls how a band can make a novelist.
- Lee Klein explores the art of the sperm donor.
- Sean Finney takes on San Francisco’s poet wars.

Issue 3

Peek at Issue Two

- Joyce Maynard shares her drive to tell stories.
- Law & Order writer Gina Gionfriddo provokes a hairy literary conceit.
- Peter Orner throws three bolts of microfiction.
- Stephen Shore photographs the sublime in the everyday.

Issue 2

Taste Issue One

- Andrew Sean Greer confesses to his childhood novels.
- Po Bronson handles a suicidal reader.
- Julie Orringer & Ryan Harty couple up with magnetic poetry.
- Chef Dennis Leary builds restaurants of the future.

Issue 1

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