This…is one of the most successful works of fiction in recent memory. DeJong blends borrowed genres to create a new form, moving easily from a disillusioning fairy tale to an exchange of letters to an Egyptian myth…DeJong’s language is hypnotic, intellectual, and witty; her rhythms entrance, yet every word demands attention, as legends, fact, imagination, and reality coalesce in the lives of Charlotte and Francine…. - Caryn James, Village Voice
Founded and edited by Anne Turyn, Top Stories was a prose periodical dedicated to the fiction writing of underrepresented women artists and writers in the late seventies and eighties. First printed in 1979, every contributor was designated a full issue to create and shape as their own, sometimes in collaboration with a visual artist. As a result, much of the writing is experimental and ranges completely in style of prose and topic, making for a diverse record of New York writing at the time. The series featured numerous luminaries of the NYC downtown ethos, with issues by Constance DeJong, Cookie Mueller, Jenny Holzer/Peter Nadin, Lynne Tillman/Jane Dickson, Laurie Anderson, Pati Hill, Mary Kelly, Kathy Acker, and others.