McSweeney's Issue 2: Timothy McSweeney's Blues/Jazz Odyssey(1999)

Michael ChabonAimee BenderCarol Emshwiller

Issue two is T I M O T H Y M c S W E E N E Y ' S B L U E S / J A Z Z O D Y S S E Y
(Known also as "Pollyanna's Bootless Errand"). This second issue is also white, and is 192 pages long.

Issue No. 2 contains:

The Republic of Marfa, by Sean Wilsey
[16,000 words about Donald Judd's tiny Texas town. A true story]

Chainsaw Apple, by Arthur Bradford
[Fiction involving a chainsaw and an apple]

Walking on the Rings of Saturn, by Paul Collins
[About a 19th-century astronomy hoax]

On Views and Viewing, by David Shields
[Three short pieces]

Speak Korean to Me, by Ana Marie Cox
[This piece is hard to describe]

Fat Women Floated in the Sky Like Balloons, by Amanda Davis
[Fiction, involving men and women]

Fire: The Next Sharp Stick? by John Hodgman
[A play for three cavemen]

The Only Good Indian is a Dead Indian, by Brian Kennedy
[Suspense, moccasins and· murder]

The Snake and the Monkey, by Tim Rogers
[A nice allegory. Also scary. And poignant]

1998: Year in Review, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
[Everything you could want]

Hopper's Bathhouse, by Todd Pruzan
[Highly interactive, and with pirates]

How a Bill Became a Ship, Sinking in the Atlantic, by Marny Requa
[Compiled from Congressional speeches]

Two Prayers, by Paul Maliszewski
[Shoe-switching and other perversions]

Flops, by Daniel Radosh
[Musical-bashing]

The Lemon, by Lawrence Krauser
[Some prose, some verse, much love]

The Mineral Palace: The Lost Chapters, by Heidi Julavits
[Colorado, many years ago. Also: Swedes]

No Justice, No Foul, by Jim Stallard
[Exposes the Supreme Court's weakness in the low post]

Voice Recognition, by John Bowe
[Experiment involving a cargo ship and IBM]

Todd: A Show for Television, by Zev Borow y D. Eggers
[It still has not been picked up]

Math & Bullshit: Interview with Dr. Paul DuChateau, by Brent Hoff
[Ravishing, this is]

Also, shortish contributions from: Jonathan Lethem, Neal Pollack, Sarah Vowell, Jon Langford, Marny Requa, Mary Gallagher, and Tim Carvell