Our annual Literary Agents Issue features interviews with six of the industry’s rising stars, agents’ perspectives on social media and AI, and advice for writers of color on navigating the search for representation; a look at Toni Morrison’s years as an editor at Random House; our twenty-fifth annual roundup of the season’s best debut fiction; a consideration of the fantasy and reality of writing and partnership; what editing magazines taught one novelist about writing fiction; a Q&A with Monica Youn, the new judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets; plus writing prompts, contest deadlines, and more.