Chimurenga 13

Virginia Quarterly Review Spring 2008: Superhero Stories. VQR publishes fictional homages of America’s superhero fetish from Scott Snyder, Tom Bissel, and George Singleton; plus the latest installment of Chris Ware’s graphic novel of the angry young man, Jordan W. Lint, Lawrence Weschler writing on installation artist Robert Irwin, and Kwame Dawes reports on AIDS in Jamaica.

Chimurenga 12/13: Satan’s Echo Chamber. Fabulous Cape Town (yes, Africa) based lit mag focuses its latest issue on African sci-fi/futurist writings from a deluge of writers and artists. Writer Binyavanga Wainaina calls Chimurenga “the finest literary magazine in Africa,” which–looking at this latest issue–seems about right.

McSweeney’s 26: Where to Invade Next. This latest from the always ironic (post-ironic?) McSweeney’s is a must see. A never-tipping-its-hat-fake-memo by a fictional–but not too far off–Donald Rumsfeld on “how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years.” Eggers and Co. play their cards just right on this one; the end product should be eerily familiar to anyone paying attention.