Magazine. Poetry. Fiction. Explores the fascinating, complex process of defamiliarization as the ultimate path to knowing oneself. Contributors include John Barth, whose hilarious narrative is narrated by the quest itself. Booker Award finalist Jon McGregor offers a story of a man who travels to an unnamed island. David Schuman's story "Miss" is an eerie modern desert journey. Fantasy writer Elizabeth Hand details a love story that may or may not have actually happened. Joanna Scott, Lara Glenum, and two dozen other writers and poets comprise this journey of the mind.