“The alligator’s glory days are over.... For a long time it seemed like the party would never end. The ancient gator was king of the swamp, and the entire world was swampland.” — Sam Anderson, “Our Own Monsters”

Essays by Lewis Nordan, Matt Dellinger, and Sam Anderson. John T. Edge investigates the culinary underground. Criticism by Adam Kirsch. Poetry by Laura Newbern and Benjamin Pryor.

Other contributors include Roy Blount Jr., Hal Crowther, Sarah Wilson, and more.