An issue on gender and power

Devorah Baum reads Grace Paley to find out what women want
Stella Duffy looks for LGBT voices in the #MeToo debate
Fernanda Eberstadt remembers the 70s drag scene in New York
Debra Gwartney breaks her silence
Ottessa Moshfegh gets what she wants
TaraShea Nesbit revisits her lost childhood
Brittany Newell deconstructs Paris Hilton's sex tape
Lisa Wells on the process of revisiting trauma

Also: new fiction from: Tara Isabella Burton, Paul Dalla Rosa, Tommi Parrish, Sally Rooney, Miriam Toews, Zoe Whittall and Leni Zumas

Plus: poetry by Momtaza Mehri and Fiona Benson

And photoessays by Sébastien Lifshitz and Tomoko Sawada, introduced by Andrew McMillan and Sayaka Murata