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Contributors to The Future Dictionary of America. - - - - The Future Dictionary of America is an imagining of what a dictionary might look like about 30 years hence, when all or most of the world's problems are solved and our current president is a distant memory. We wanted to take a moment to thank all of the contributors who helped make the project possible. The Future Dictionary of America is available for order in our online store. - - - - Diane Ackerman Chris Adrian Julia Alvarez Jonathan Ames David Amsden Jessica Anthony Donald Antrim Paul Auster Chris Bachelder Istvan Banyai Tom Barbash Rick Bass Charles Baxter Thomas Beller Aimee Bender Shoshana Berger D.C. Berman David Bezmozgis Sven Birkerts Tom Bissell Nicholas Blechman Barry Blitt Ryan Boudinot T.C. Boyle Arthur Bradford Gayle Brandeis Geoffrey Brock Ivan Brunetti Judy Budnitz Robert Olen Butler Peter Carey Rachel Carpenter Michael Chabon Susan Choi Benjamin Cohen Billy Collins Paul Collins Raul Colón Martha Cooley T Cooper Robert Coover Elizabeth Crane Ann Cummins Michael Cunningham Stacey D'Erasmo Susan Daitch Edwidge Danticat Ann Decker Matthew Derby Anthony Doerr Doug Dorst Nicholas Dawidoff Firoozeh Dumas Dave Eggers Ben Ehrenreich Pia Z. Ehrhardt Stephen Elliott Alicia Erian Jeffrey Eugenides Brian Evenson Emily Flake John Henry Fleming Nick Flynn Jonathan Safran Foer Ken Foster Jonathan Franzen Neil Freeman Stephen Gaghan Jonathan Galassi Glen David Gold Manuel Gonzales Fran Gordon David Grand Ben Greenman Andrew Sean Greer Allan Gurganus Sue Halpern Daniel Handler Ryan Harty John Haskell Noah Hawley David Heatley Danny Hellman Susan Henderson Edward Hirsch Brent Hoff Maureen Howard Gabe Hudson Laird Hunt Samantha Hunt Siri Hustvedt Shelley Jackson Lawrence Joseph Heidi Julavits Ken Kalfus Maira Kalman Roy Kesey Suji Kwock Kim Stephen King Matthew Klam Julie Klausner Nicole Krauss Michael Kupperman Paul La Farge Eric Larsen Wendy Lesser Sarah Manguso Barbara McClintock Brian McMullen Dyna Moe Kevin Moffett Rick Moody Françoise Mouly Paul Muldoon Christoph Niemann Thisbe Nissen Cornelia Nixon Howard Norman Sigrid Nunez Joyce Carol Oates Eric Orner Peter Orner Julie Orringer ZZ Packer Ed Page A.G. Pasquella Ann Patchett Lucia Perillo Scott Phillips Salvador Plascencia Katha Pollitt Padgett Powell Richard Powers Richard Price Shann Ray Marilynne Robinson Peter Rock Jason Roeder Jim Ruland Richard Sala Simon Schama Elissa Schappell Danny Shanahan Jim Shepard Karen Shepard Stephen Sherrill Gary Shteyngart R. Sikoryak Mark Slouka Christopher Sorrentino art spiegelman James Steinberg Saul Steinberg Sarah Stone Susan Straight Manil Suri Anthony Swofford lê thi diem thúy Lynne Tillman Adrian Tomine Touré Monique Truong Mark Ulriksen Anne Ursu Vendela Vida Kurt Vonnegut Sarah Vowell Ayelet Waldman Chris Ware John Warner Wendy Wasserstein Lauren R. Weinstein Susan Wheeler Colson Whitehead C.K. Williams Sean Wilsey - - - - OTHER McSWEENEY'S FEATURES: - - - - Contributors to The Future Dictionary of America Unfortunate Piñata Fillings By Maureen Traverse An Open Letter to Whole Foods Supermarkets By Zachary N. Howard Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby's Songbook By Benjamin Cohen Winnie-the-Pooh Is My Co-worker By John Moe

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