The Believer, Issue 116: December/January - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999323113 ISBN 13: 9780999323113

Publisher: Believer Magazine, 2018

Synopsis

Susana Ferreira examines the evangelical war on Vodou
Grace Simonoff Dunham self-administers a Kinsey test
Jennifer Kabat on the horse tails, hooves, and happenings of British performance artist Rose English
Rob Curran on the final, fateful expedition of Scottish botanist Jamie Taggart
Peter Orner contemplates Levi’s god question, Akhmatova’s most mysterious line, and other literary concerns
Daniel Handler discusses a very long Norwegian play from 1903 and Nick Hornby reads a cowboy novel next to a pool
Plus interviews with John Cale, Bear Grylls, Lynne Tillman, and Pope.L
And a beginner’s guide to medieval demons

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.

About this title

Review

The Believer... puts out a welcome mat for pluralism and wide-eyed curiosity... decidedly youthful, not only in their characteristic generational concerns the habit of nonchalantly blending pop culture, literary esoterica and academic theory, for instance, or the unnerving ability to appear at once mocking and sincere but also in the sense of bravado and grievance that ripples through their pages.”
The New York Times

It’s got people talking in the lofty reaches of the book world, and with its high-low mix of literary and pop-culture commentary and McSweeney's pedigree it's a magnet for younger readers.”
the San Francisco Chronicle

Focusing on the art, not the business, of writing, the Believer is smart, jaded and a bit self-indulgent, just like a good literary magazine should be.”
the Chicago Tribune

Impassioned."
the Los Angeles Times

Without a doubt, this Believer is heaven-sent.”
The Washington Post

About the Author

Edited by Heidi Julavits, Vendela Vida, Ross Simonini, and Kathryn Borel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Believer Magazine
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999323113
• ISBN 13: 9780999323113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88