Resurrector: Ishtar by Brandon Hobson Underway Danielle A. Jackson Stuff I've Been Reading by Nick Hornby "Fame for Fame," a new comic by Noah Van Sciver "Love and Death Speaking at Once," a new poem by Emily Jungmin Yoon Close Read: Appleton by Molly Young Sacrifice Zone: Land's End, UK by Meara Sharma Ask Carrie by Carrie Brownstein "Lost Ones" by Ross Scarano Experts agree that memories of rare music can persist for years. Flavor Flav interviewed by Melissa Locker "If One Woman Told the Truth about Her Life" by Rebecca Rukeyser For years, the author was under the impression that her grandmother, the iconic poet Muriel Rukeyser, used Donnan Jeffers, son of another iconic poet, Robinson Jeffers, as a sperm bank, for the purposes of begetting a literary child. But was this the whole story? Michael Imperioli interviewed by Hayden Bennett "The Curse of Kafka" by Andrea Bajani Considering the rarely discussed, highly stigmatized experience that touches almost every writer's career: the failed book. An extensive, reported feature from Dave Eggers on his trip to Ukraine. Eula Biss interviewed by Mara Naselli Animal: Rumi by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi "Too Much and Therefore Nothing," a new poem by Jenny Xie Dale Dickey interviewed by Yvonne Conza "The Hard Problem of My Consciousness," a new comic by Gabrielle Bell One-Page Reviews Short reviews of small press books featuring Zoe Hu on Colin Winnette, Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo on Isabel Zapata, and Danielle Dutton on Gagosian's new Picture Books imprint. Hotel: The Atlanta by Leslie Carol Roberts "What Were You Waiting For," a new poem by Aria Aber Wo Chan microinterviewed by Alexander Chee.
The Believer Issue 141 : Spring 2023