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Resurrector: Deb Olin Unferth on “The Book of Life”
From Issue 155 (Fall 2026) of The Believer. Illustration by Kristian Hammerstad.
History is strewn with apocalypses gone wrong. The most delightful nonstarter apocalypse of my youth was Y2K. The computers were going to destro...
David Byrne in Conversation with David Byrne
The following is excerpted from David Byrne’s conversation with himself in Issue 126 (August 2019) of The Believer. Illustration by Tony Millionaire.
I’d like to try taking this absolutely seriously. If I attempt to do that,...
Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo on Anne Carson—winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
Congratulations to Anne Carson on yesterday’s Nobel win! Carson appeared in the very first issue of The Believer, with her poem “Feast of St. Faustinus 2003.”
To celebrate, we’re publishing in full Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo’s Les Nob...
The Other Epidemic
Below is an excerpt of “The Other Epidemic,” a new essay by Brad Phillips in Issue 155 (Fall 2026) of The Believer. Illustration by Chris Kim.
In April of 2021, I walked into Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (...
An Interview with Katie Kitamura
The following is excerpted from Patrick Cottrell’s interview with novelist Katie Kitamura in Issue 155 (Fall 2026) of The Believer. Illustration by Kristian Hammerstad.
Through the end of today, annual print subscriptions are 20% of...
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Culture science & politics writer | Publishers Weekly, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Scientific American, Nautilus, Al Jazeera
I’m the author of Essays & Fictions. I’m an artist who makes mostly paintings. My work has appeared in The Paris Review, Playboy, Vice Magazine, Granta, Purple Fashion Magazine and others. I design t-shirts. I’m a husband, a son, and a friend.
I'm the bestselling author of five books, including Girlhood, Body Work, and The Dry Season.
Judge John Hodgman is on tour
I write books slowly.
Author of a growing pile of books, occasional documentary filmmaker, and the co-founder of the Debt Collective. End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World, co-authored with Naomi Klein, out in September.
Denver, CO. author of afternoon hours of a hermit and sorry to disrupt the peace. basketball fan
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