In addition to a foreword by Ray Bradbury, Bound to Last features original contributions by: Chris Abani, Rabih Alameddine, Anthony Doerr, Louis Ferrante, Nick Flynn, Karen Joy Fowler, Julia Glass, Karen Green, David Hajdu, Terrence Holt, Jim Knipfel, Shahriar Mandanipour, Sarah Manguso, Sean Manning, Joyce Maynard, Philipp Meyer, Jonathan Miles, Sigrid Nunez, Ed Park, Victoria Patterson, Francine Prose, Michael Ruhlman, Elissa Schappell, Christine Schutt, Jim Shepard, Susan Straight, J. Courtney Sullivan, Anthony Swofford, Danielle Trussoni, and Xu Xiaobin."--pub. desc.

Jim Shepard -- Francine Prose -- Anthony Swofford -- Danielle Trussoni -- Nick Flynn -- Joyce Maynard -- Louis Ferrante -- Elissa Schappell -- Anthony Doerr -- David Hajdu -- Julia glass -- Shakriar Mandanipour -- J. Courtney Sullivan -- Terrence Holt -- Philipp Meyer -- Karen Green -- Jim Knipfel -- Xu Xiaobin -- Ed Park -- Susan Straight -- Sean Manning -- Sarah Manguso -- Victoria Patterson -- Karen Joy Fowler -- Rabih Alameddine -- Michael Ruhlman -- Sigrid Nunez -- Chris Abani -- Christine Schutt -- Jonathan Miles.