40 paper placemats from 40 contributors, bound on one side with glue. You can rip out each placemat and use it! Conceived as a public art project, the placemats will be donated to restaurants across the U.S. with the help of volunteers in each state. Additional copies will be sold domestically and internationally in bookstores.

Fiction commissioned and edited by Paul Maliszewski.
Art commissioned and edited by Matt Singer, Leanne Shapton and Jason Fulford.

Contributors include: Jennifer Arnow, Amie Barrodale, Jeff Billak, Blixie, Ryan Blomberg, Helen Chough, Fern Cogley, Steve Featherstone, Ted Fair, April Gertler, Michelangelo Iaffaldano, Paul Marlow, Michael Martone, Eileen Maxson, Michael Northrup, Amy O'Neill, Ed Panar, Tim Parrish, Christian Patterson, Gus Powell, Alex Romero, Hadley Ross, Matt Salacuse, Matthew Sandager, Joanna Scott, Ross Schwartzman, Hasanthika Sirisena, Ben Skinner, Gwen Smith, Gilbert Sorrentino, Barry Stone, Zach Storm, Ashley Thayer, Miriam Toews, Lars Tunbjork, Paul West and Lloyd Ziff