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From the Magazine

Current issue, no. 83

From the Archives

As we struggle for control over the scraps that are left, the young stand defiantly against the old.

The People Who Stole the World

Maximillian Alvarez

April 2018

Billionaires have big plans to expand their dominion.

Dawn of the Space Lords

Corey Pein

January 2022

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April 23

A Portrait of the Artist as an Artist Portraying the Artist

Adrian Nathan West

This offers itself as revelation.

April 22

Eyes of Lillian Bassman

Philip Gefter

Lillian Bassman finally gets her due.

April 21

Betting the Farm

Diana Kruzman

In Ukraine, the corporate consolidation of farmland poses a number of risks.

A Portrait of the Artist as an Artist Portraying the Artist

Adrian Nathan West

April 23

A Portrait of the Artist as an Artist Portraying the Artist

Adrian Nathan West

April 23

A man looks at his laptop, behind which appear several smartphones that all show a quote from a review that says "Brilliant!"

April 22

Eyes of Lillian Bassman

Philip Gefter

Lillian Bassman finally gets her due.

April 21

Betting the Farm

Diana Kruzman

In Ukraine, the corporate consolidation of farmland poses a number of risks.

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April 17

March into the Ruins

Bruce Robbins

Remembering Alexander Kluge, 1932–2026.

April 16

Cherish Your Memorized Weakness

John Semley

The Comeback’s longitudinal study of TV enters the AI era

April 15

Vigilante Injustice

Charlotte Rosen

Two books revisit the Bernie Goetz shooting

April 14

What’s in a Name?

Nico Taylor

Shakespeare, meet Shakespere

April 9

They Came to See Us Suffer

Charlie Tyson

The rise of the influencer novel

April 8

Cloud Control

Brian J. Chen, Jai Vipra

Anthropic’s defiance of Trump and the new frontier of corporate governance

Poems

March

Low Flight

Wang Jibing

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Arc Length

Emily Gordon

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There’s Something Here from Somewhere Else

Hanif Abdurraqib

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Marie-Helene Bertino

“‘A yellow rose means infidelity and disloyalty. My heart burns is cactus.’”

April 10

West Memphis Three

Garrett Crowe

Love is the law, love under will.

March 27

Dan and Daisy

Chris Drangle

Don’t get me wrong. I also want to kill you.

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