
This is Ross Barkan's newsletter - original essays on politics, society, and culture
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly | |
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| Issues | 645 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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Some of you might know I’m the editor-in-chief of The Metropolitan Review, one of the great young literary magazines in the country. I’ve got a great team with me, and they make the magic happen. On October 15th, we’re having a big fall bas...
Rewriting history isn’t great
Not long ago, Abdul El-Sayed was asked about his decision to campaign with Kamala Harris in Michigan. As a progressive who had been critical of the party establishment, El-Sayed could have made an awkward pair...
The Trump show jumps the shark
It can be true, simultaneously, that Donald Trump is dangerous and Donald Trump is weak. All American presidents, by the nature of the position, are dangerous. The powers of the office—the inherent powers, as...
The irony of an ascendence
Come next year, Hakeem Jeffries, barring incredibly unforeseen circumstances, will be the speaker of the House of Representatives. This will make him highly influential and much more famous than he is now. It wil...
Like many in the literary world, I read, with great interest, Naomi Kanakia’s recent exegesis on the “little” magazines like the Partisan Review and their various descendants, including n+1, The Drift, and The Point. These journals of liter...
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Author of six books, including GLASS CENTURY and COLOSSUS. Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Metropolitan Review.
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