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Resurrector: Open All Night
From Issue 154 of The Believer. Illustration by Kristian Hammerstad.
I bought the first two Georgia Satellites albums on vinyl on eBay in the summer of 2025. The guy who sold me the records threw in a vintage Open All Night t...
An Interview with Sigrid Nunez
The following is excerpted from Morgan English’s interview with Sigrid Nunez in Issue 154 of The Believer. Illustration by Kristian Hammerstad.
II. “GOD KNOWS WHAT SHE WROTE”
THE BELIEVER: You had two important mentors, b...
My Whole Life Is For Sale
Below is an excerpt of “My Whole Life Is For Sale,” a new essay by Leah Mensch in Issue 154 of The Believer. Illustration by Kristian Hammerstad.
In 1979, Michael Clark was in his mid-thirties, fresh off a divorce and back fr...
Our Summer Issue is out today!
Below is a preview of select essays, interviews, and columns from our summer issue, now available to read on our website.
To mark its release, a flash sale: subscribe within the next twenty-four hours to get an annual print subscrip...
An Interview with Margo Jefferson
The following is excerpted from Zinzi Clemmons’s interview with Margo Jefferson in Issue 122 of The Believer. Illustration by Tony Millionaire.
I’ve had the privilege of knowing Margo Jefferson since 2011, when I took her cla...
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Writer. Author of The Collected Schizophrenias (2019) & The Border of Paradise (2016). Best American Short Stories. Founder of The Unexpected Shape Writing Academy. Clue in the New York Times crossword.
Eric Spitznagel is the author of "Old Records Never Die: One Man's Quest for His Vinyl and His Past," among other books.
Author of The Atmospherians and People Collide, a New York Times Critics' Pick and named a best book of 2023 by Vulture, Vogue, and NPR. Satellite coming 2027.
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