At a time when so much writing, whether it’s AI-generated or not, strikes us as dutiful, programmatic and predictable, issue 37 is full of essays and criticism characterized by inimitable curiosity and style—from Laura Baudot’s sojourn into the world of coed wrestling in Ohio, to Sean Tatol’s examination of the (dead) ends of contemporary art in downtown New York, to David Sugarman’s self-reflexive account of the polarization of Jewish American life, to Rory O’Connell’s inquiry into the true significance of Jon Fosse’s “silent” language, and much more. Our first literature section in over a year, meanwhile, features two pieces that take the work and practice of writing as their starting point. A new short story by Greg Jackson repeatedly puts pressure on the boundary between human and machine, mind and neural network, while an excerpt from a new play by Elaine Schiff examines a more traditional but no less murky dynamic between humans: the parent-child and teacher-student relationships that help shape the world as we know it.