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Inspired by Nabokov s famous title "Speak, Memory," this issue of "Tin House" asks, What is memory? How does it work? Reliable, unreliable, manipulated, historical, contradictory this issue brings you fiction, poetry, interviews, essays, and memoirs revolving around memory. From pure speculation to hard cognitive science, we re open and curious. Fiction from Joy Williams, Diane Cook, Diane Williams, Dale Peck, Seth Fried An excerpt from the memoir "The Other Side" by Lacy M. Johnson. Non-fiction from Stephen King, Colum McCann, Cheryl Strayed, Jodi Angel, Kevin Barry, Tiffany Briere, Phillip Lopate, and Maggie Nelson Poetry from C.K. Williams, Craig Morgan Teicher, Caroline Knox, Charlie Smith, Anna McDonald, Joe Wenderoth, Sean Zhuraw, Troy Jollimore, and Lindsay Walker A conversation between Dana Spiotta and Rachel Kushner A Readable Feast from Ann Hood Lost and Founds: Stephen Sparks on Frances Yates's "Art of Memory" Rebecca Makkai on Donner Party book" Hugh Ryan on "When We Were Three" Micah Perks on Elizabeth Thomas's "Reindeer Moon" Susan Rebecca White on "The Edna Lewis Cookbook" "