Taking their cue from Joan Didion's classic 1967 essay on New York City, "Goodbye to All That," 28 writers testify to the mesmerizing allure Manhattan has always had for artists and wandering spirits—but also reflect on what it means to leave the Big Apple. Featured here are Roxane Gay ("Strange Lands"), Cheryl Strayed ("Minnesota Nice"), Rebecca Wolff ("So Long, Suckers"), Dani Shapiro ("My City"), Emma Straub ("Someday, Some Morning, Sometime"), Ann Hood ("Manhattan, Always Out of Reach"), and more.