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Society of the Spectacle

Stephen Piccarella

May 28, 2026

Before I discuss The Vivisectors, the new novel by Missouri Williams, let me get something off my chest. Readers, I despise every last one of you. You’ve failed at every turn to recognize my achievements with due approbation. You’ve lavished praise on the most ...

The Loneliness of the Competitive Quizzer

Drew Basile

May 28, 2026

It is not just a hobby—it verges on a way of life.

Poetry from the Factory Floor

Tony Hao

May 26, 2026

A conversation with Xiao Hai.

Plastic Is My Second-Favorite Substance

Deb Olin Unferth

May 22, 2026

Fiction

Do I seem real?

Hunger Games

Jeff Weinstein

May 21, 2026

We must sweep leftovers of any kind off the bargaining table.

Boy Girl Problems

Grace Byron

May 20, 2026

It’s a losing game to be understood by cis people.

the thing between the wall and my body

Ahmed Douma

May 19, 2026

Tracing the physics of incarceration.

The Last Class with Balls

Jasper Craven

May 19, 2026

Bringing women into the military service academy system.

Beneath the Paving Stones, the River

Alex Tan

May 15, 2026

Plotlessness is political.

A Whole New World

Madeleine Adams

May 14, 2026

Disneyland taught Americans how to embrace the technologies that undergird our lives.

Tabula Raza

Corinne Leong

May 13, 2026

What comes after Asian American literature?

Rent Check Opera

Francis Northwood

May 12, 2026

Freezing the rent only alleviates tension on one side of the equation.