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April 4 Mail Date
March 29, 2013
Good news from our indomitable publisher: The Baffler 22, Modem and Taboo, hits the mails on Thursday (April 4) and will begin reaching you, our subscribers, three or four business days later. If you haven’t subscribed, you’ll miss our latest installment of awful ...

Baffler Party
March 06, 2013
  The Baffler and MAKE present “Don’t Forget to Eat!” at the Plough & Stars this Friday, March 8 from 5:30 p.m. till 7 p.m., in honor of AWP 2013. There will be music, boozing, and schmoozing, plus some fun semi-literary performances by Baffler and ...

Žižek on Seduction
February 13, 2013
Hey, Valentine, here are a few snippets from an interview with Slavoj Žižek conducted by Baffler editor in chief John Summers and contributing editor David Graeber. SUBSCRIBE NOW and be the first to read the rest in the upcoming issue. Žižek: A seduction—to be ...

Aaron Swartz, 1986–2013
January 12, 2013
The Baffler’s contributing editor Aaron Swartz committed suicide on January 11. Only 26 years old, Aaron’s accomplishments, both technical and political, were stunning, as detailed elsewhere. And his interests and talents were amazingly diverse, as displayed on his blog, Raw ...

Ken Kurson, Just Named Editor of the New York Observer
January 04, 2013
This salvo by Josh Mason from Baffler No. 9 in 1997 discusses former punk rocker Ken Kurson and his career pitching stock picks and mutual funds: “Green was conceived because its editor is frequently asked about finance by friends, coworkers and relatives, a diverse ...

From 2001 Baffler No. 14: Mike Newirth on Gun Control
December 16, 2012
“Death Travels West, Watch Him Go” by Mike Newirth Here’s an extraordinary essay by Mike Newirth on the gun culture, the massacre culture, and the Market, tragically relevant today even though we published it in The Baffler way back in 2001. It’s ...

July 20: The Baffler at the 8th Annual Printers’ Ball
July 15, 2012
  Friday, Jul 20, 6:00PM–11:00PM The Ludington Building 1104 South Wabash Avenue The Printers’ Ball is coming back to the future! Join thousands of readers, writers, and artists from around the planet for the greatest literary party in the galaxy—a one-night ...

Flying Cars — and a Progress Report on Our Summer Issue
June 04, 2012
What’s the difference between an iPhone and a flying car? David Graeber can tell you in his great Baffler 19 essay, “Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit,” which you can read now, for free, on this site. Just click on the current issue and scroll down to the ...

I Was a Teenage Gramlich
March 30, 2012
This week, The Boston Phoenix published an edited version of Jim Newell’s essay from our current issue, “I Was a Teenage Gramlich.” You can read the story here.

The Baffler on Kickstarter
March 27, 2012
Support the Baffler’s Kickstarter campaign! Help us reach our goal of $20,000 by May 11, and in return, we’ll give you presents! For a $10 donation, receive a Baffler postcard signed by Thomas Frank and John Summers, $25 gets you a signed copy of Baffler #19 and a ...

New Issue Out Now!
March 20, 2012
Baffler 19, the first from new editor in chief John Summers, alights on the bloodless crossroads of technology and culture with salvos by founding editor Thomas Frank, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rick Perlstein, David Graeber (who wonders why our cars don’t fly), and Maureen Tkacik ...