Issue 20 includes essays by Sheryl St. Germain and Jimmy Chen responding to the Katrina tragedy, a pair of illuminating new craft essays, return visits from Jeff Gundy and Shane Borrowman, and crisp new writing about driver ants, Stop & Shop, snorkeling in the coral, good parties, and hometown boredom. James Frey may need to tell A Million Little Lies to get his point across, but here at Brevity we feel that the truth is powerful enough:

