Self-Improvement, Fall 2010: the editors on MFA vs. NYC literary culture and elitism, Kristin Dombek's "The Two Cultures of Life," an excerpt from Sheila Heti's How Should a Person Be?, Marco Roth on racism and American politics, Siddhartha Deb on an Indian millionaire and his money, Nikil Saval on California, plus responses to Jonathan Franzen's Freedom.