“I’m par­tial to short sto­ries that gal­lop through time. They’re like nov­els for very busy people.”

–Malle Maloy, in a New Yorker Q&A accom­pa­ny­ing her short story, “The Mar­riage Proxy.”

Great quote, but I’m just as impressed about the ways in which the New Yorker is cre­at­ing sup­ple­men­tary online mate­r­ial to go with their print arti­cles. More mag­a­zines should do that.

Maile Meloy Inter­view
Your story in this week’s issue, “The Proxy Mar­riage,” hinges on a legal tech­ni­cal­ity. Where did you find out about double-proxy wed­dings? And did you imme­di­ately know this would be a good hook for a…

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