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Karolina Waclawiak
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The Believer, a five-time National Magazine Award finalist, is a
bimonthly literature, arts, and culture magazine. In each issue,
readers will find journalism and essays that are frequently very
long, book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and interviews
that are intimate, frank, and also very long. There are intricate
illustrations by Tony Millionaire and a rotating cast of guest
artists, poems, a comics section, and regular columns by Nick
Hornby and Daniel Handler.In The Believer's fall issue, Pablo Calvi
reports on an oil pipeline that threatens Ecuadorian indigenous
populations, Alex Mar has tea with the Church of Satan's high
priest, Daniel Werb discusses harm reduction in Tijuana, and Esme
Weijun Wang explores living with schizophrenia. Other essays focus
on the anarchist who's quietly fanning the flames of our country's
insurrectionary movements and the irresistibly gothic family whose
middle son is the inspiration behind Bolano's mad-genius poet in
2666. There are poems by Kay Ryan and Kathleen Ossip, in-depth
interviews with Megan Rapinoe, Michael Schur, Jerry Stahl, Sheila
Nevins, Ronald Cotton, and Miranda July, and a special section on
the theme of silence with work by Diane Cook, Sara Novic, Stephen
Burt, Rachel Z. Arndt, Matthew Zapruder, and JW McCormack.
The Believer, a five-time National Magazine Award finalist, is a
bimonthly literature, arts, and culture magazine. In each issue,
readers will find journalism and essays that are frequently very
long, book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and interviews
that are intimate, frank, and also very long. There are intricate
illustrations by Tony Millionaire and a rotating cast of guest
artists, poems, and regular columns by Nick Hornby and Daniel
Handler. The annual Music Issue features Karen Tongson on her
namesake, Karen Carpenter, and how the particular whiteness of the
Carpenters' sound took off in the Philippines; Michael Snyder on a
territory in northeast India in which contemporary Christian gospel
is effecting near-total cultural assimilation; Phillip Pantuso on
Guyanese songbird smugglers; Stephanie Elizondo Griest on dancers
who place art above everything else in their lives; and Sandi
Rankaduwa on the evolution of female emcees. There will also be
(among other things) a special section on unreliable songwriters; a
visual examination of Italo Disco's map to humanity's apotheosis
via glitter and robot sex; and interviews with Enya, the LA Phil's
Deborah Borda, punk bassist Mike Watt, rapper and producer Lil B,
and legendary rock muse Bebe Buell.
The Believer's mission is to introduce readers to the best and most
interesting work in the world of art, culture, and thought whether
that means literature, painting, wrestling, philosophy, or cooking
in an attractive vehicle that's free from the bugbears of
condescension, mustiness, and jargony obfuscation. Its content
(including essays, interviews, comics, poetry, and reviews) offers
fresh perspectives from editors Heidi Julavits, Vendela Vida, and
Karolina Waclawiak. Each issue includes the popular columns "Stuff
I've Been Reading," by Nick Hornby and "What the Swedes Read" (a
look at Nobel Prize-winners), by Daniel HandlerThe Summer Issue
features new work by Nell Zink, Alvaro Enrigue, and Gary Greenberg;
interviews with Robert Coover, Amber Tamblyn, and the New York
Public Library's Paul Holdengraber; and new poetry by Rae
Armantrout. Also in these pages, and among many other delights,
you'll find a special section on the theme of wildlife, essays on
the man after whom Jim Jones patterned himself and what it's like
to be named after a sibling who died before you were born,
examinations of the work of the artists Ray Johnson and Jimmy
Robert, and the editors' short lists for the eleventh annual
Believer Book Award and the fifth annual Believer Poetry
Award.Table of Contents:Pockets of Resistance Catherine FoulkrodHow
to Send Things to Germany Nell ZinkThe Divine Inspiration of Jim
Jones Adam Morris"Abstract Expressionism": a new poem Andrew
NurkinThe Confidence Man Gary Greenberg"Shooting Possums from the
Back Porch of Roger's Bar": a new poem Michael McGriffWhat's in a
Necronym? Jeannie VanascoA Common Language Kristina
ShevoryDescending Night Elisabeth Donnelly(Untitled) Mary
Mann"Comics" edited by Alvin BuenaventuraEl Vocho: A Familiar
Subject Alvaro EnrigueWhat the Swedes Read Daniel HandlerThe
Eleventh Annual Believer Book Award: Short ListRobert Coover
interviewed by Aaron Shulman"Canary": a new poem Rae
ArmantroutSchema: Top 100 US Drug Brand Names Shoshana AkabasThe
Fifth Annual Believer Poetry Award: Short ListPaul Holdengraber
interviewed by Lane KoivuJimmy Robert interviewed by Jude
StewartSymposium: A discussion on (mostly) books as they relate to
the theme of wildlife.Tim Sheedy on the orangutan, Donna Kozloskie
on the rising floodwaters, Megan Pugh on a poetic doomsday
prophecy, Monica Westin on vegetal being, and Bijan Stephen on
spillover.Elizabeth LeCompte interviewed by Hillar LiitojaAmber
Tamblyn interviewed by Rachel MatlowCharles Yu interviewed by Lev
Grossman
The "Believer"'s mission is to introduce readers to the best and
most interesting work in the world of art, culture, and
thought--whether that means literature, painting, wrestling,
philosophy, or cooking--in an attractive vehicle that's free from
the bugbears of condescension, mustiness, and jargony obfuscation.
Its content (including essays, interviews, comics, poetry, and
reviews) offers fresh perspectives from editors Heidi Julavits,
Vendela Vida, and Andrew Leland. Each issue includes the popular
columns "Stuff I've Been Reading," by Nick Hornby; "What the Swedes
Read" (a look at Nobel Prize-winners), by Daniel Handler; and "Real
Life Rock Top 10," by Greil Marcus. The July/August Music Issue
includes a free CD of new music curated for the magazine, the
March/April Film Issue includes a free DVD of otherwise unreleased
films, and the November/December Art Issue includes a free,
always-changing bonus item.
The "Believer" is a monthly magazine where length is no object.
There are book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and that
are very often long. There are also interviews that are very long.
We will focus on writers and books we like. We will give people and
books the benefit of the doubt. The working title of this magazine
was "The Optimist." --The Editors
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