“A beautiful annual that remains staunchly avant-garde in its commitment to work that is oblique, enigmatic and impossible to ignore . . . stories that leave a flashbulb's glow behind the eyes even as they resist sense.”

Rachel Syme, THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A compendium of unlikely pleasures: short prose and illustrations that challenge us to think about meaning and narrative. It is elegantly designed and curated, a journal that wears its intentions on its sleeve. These are oblique stories, stories that exist in the interior, getting at the things we know but do not know we know.”

David Ulin, LOS ANGELES TIMES

“The best stories in NOON are, indeed, stunning, in the sense that they leave one conscious of powerful meanings not yet fully absorbed.... The journal has proved its staying power and achieved a respected position... NOON has intellectual weight. Over the years it has investigated, and pushed the boundaries of, the means and processes of communication... Williams's editorial vision ensures the intelligence and integrity of the journal as a whole.”

Alison Kelly, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

“The writing in NOON displays great diversity, but also (perhaps, due to Diane Williams's role as editor) a kind of unifying tonality: call it an aura of miraculous withdrawal. This is fiction defined by its deviations from definition.”

David Winters, THE QUARTERLY CONVERSATION

“Each issue of NOON contains prose chiseled to its barest, most arresting essence—a concision attributed by most to Williams's high demands as an editor.”

Travis Kurowski, POETS & WRITERS

“NOON still shimmers with courage, strangeness and unknown voices.”

Michael Miller, TIME OUT NEW YORK

“NOON sets itself apart from the crowded field of literary journals with the quality of its submissions, its clean, easy-to-read design, and eye-catching cover. This independent, not-for-profit annual features essays, fiction, interviews, art, and translation that are as diverse as its contributors, who are both published and previously unpublished and come from international backgrounds. The editors of NOON adeptly select innovative, original and highly readable work.”

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