fiction | August Lamm

FEAR & SELF-HEALING. I also failed to self-treat my UTI. A few days after consenting to rape, when I couldn’t ignore the burning anymore, I went to an organic shop where I bought a giant glass bottle of cranberry juice.

interview | Precious Okoyomon

BAPTISM AND MANIA. Artist and poet Precious Okoyomon on the chaos of one's 20s, the intimacy of divinity, and the confessional impulse behind their newest poetry collection, BUT DID YOU DIE?

interview | Anna Dorn

PERFUME AND PAIN. Author Anna Dorn on the male gaze, queer dramas, the politically incorrect instincts of pulp fiction, and her latest novel, PERFUME AND PAIN.

fiction | Gülen Çelik

WELCOME TO MERIDIAN PALACE. Everything has been built up – somatic tensions, faint cellulite, congested chakras, mosquito bites, incomplete hair laser removal, dysregulated nerves, skin blood vessels. Be my guest and build it up anew from the inside out.

interview | Eugene Kotlyarenko

NARRATIVIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS. Filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko on Marshall McLuhan, social media and psychosis, art-making and the online, and writing his new film, THE CODE.

interview | The Dare

HEDONISTIC, OPTIMISTIC, EXCITING. Musician The Dare on the maximalism of pop music, New York City's bygone punk scene, Prince, showmanship, and his latest single, PERFUME.

fiction | Riley Quinn Scott

EDEN. It is hard to tell a person that you love them. Sometimes you need them to participate.

interview | Cory Arcangel

DIGITAL DISCOURSE. Artist Cory Arcangel on his curatorial work restoring the laptop of artist Michel Majerus and what life was like during the early online.

fiction | Raff Patel

BABY. For a stretch of time, I imagined a wound underneath my ribs where I might have been hit, or–I didn’t dare to imagine too far–stabbed. As I walked home at night, these wounds that I did not have would throb.

interview | May Rio

ELEGANT ENSEMBLE. Musician May Rio on resisting the streaming economy, Brett Easton Ellis, perfectionism and its discontents, and her new album, ELEGANT ENSEMBLE.

fiction | Nathan Dragon

JUST MY RIFLE, PONY, AND ME. Pull the first cards. Ace of diamonds. It looks just like the diamond in the cedar above me.

interview | Ava Pearlman

FASHION AND A POETICS OF FAITHFULNESS. Model and designer Ava Pearlman on belief, spiritual dogma, David Lynch, and her new womenswear brand, All the Rage.

interview | P.E. Moskowitz

MENTAL HELLTH. Writer and editor of Mental Hellth P.E. Moskowitz on our minds under late capitalism, the Adderall shortage, autism rates, suicidality, and the collective individualization of social justice.

interview | Maggie Dunlap

FOLK HORROR AND THE AMERICAN OBSESSION. Artist Maggie Dunlap on true crime, obsession and the artistic personality, and death in the context of sculptural practice.

interview | Rachel Oyster Kim

SIN SIN SIN. Writer and activist Rachel Oyster Kim on the luxury and fantasy of sex work, poetry, and her latest chapbook, SIN SIN SIN.

interview | Simon Denny

ART AND THE ALGORITHM AND WAR. Artist Simon Denny on contemporary art’s adjacency to the history of violence, technology and technologists, and his new solo show, DUNGEON, on view now at Petzel Gallery.

interview | Gutes Guterman

SARTORIAL SAGAS. Editor and co-founder of Byline and The Drunken Canal Gutes Guterman on how storytelling can be a vessel for falling in love with the world.

fiction | Sean Kilpatrick

BUTCHER THE STARS. “Wind like this could rip a stitch from its wound.” A known poet bikes close; schistosomal Finn, scarred, mush-mouthed hematoma spouting overpriced poesy for free. The clothes hang off him like a conquered flag.

interview | McKenzie Wark

SIDEWAYS EXPERIENCES. Writer and theorist McKenzie Wark on the “cursed genres” of autofiction and autotheory, finding safe haven in queer nightlife, establishing an aesthetics of dissociation, and her new novel, RAVING.

interview | Genevieve Goffman

SURREALISM AND THE EMPTY SPACE. Artist Genevieve Goffman on architecture, high fantasy, acknowledging loneliness, and her new show, THE TRIUMPH OF A LONELY PLACE.

fiction | Brittany Menjivar

ANIMAL ABUSE. I scrolled past an account of a teenage girl’s tryst with a math teacher that put my former flirtationship to shame, grainy footage of disembodied genitals, cartoons of animals that would make PETA reach for a rope.

fiction | Nuria Isabel

MY PROCLAMATION. iyanniš kaniššuwar=ma=at ŠA dIŠTAR GAŠAN=YA ēšta kaniššuwar=ma=at ŠA dIŠTAR GAŠAN=YA ēšta

interview | Mike Bilandic

WE RESPECT HARMONY KORINE. Filmmaker Mike Bilandic on people-watching, humanism, microbudget filmmaking, and the new Blu-Ray release of his latest film, JOBE’Z WORLD.

poetry | Francesca Kritikos

GENESIS 6:12. The world would be more interesting/ if diseases weren’t so cruel/ if fasting didn’t work/ if God wasn’t right about us

interview | Maya Man

LITTLE DIGITAL PRAYERS. Artist Maya Man on the manufacture of desire in online spaces, the NFT ecosystem, and her latest exhibition, THE ANGELS WANNA WEAR MY (RED SHOES).

fiction | Joshua Vigil

HUNTING FOXES. The truth is rarely beautiful. I told her to stay off the internet.

interview | Louis Osmosis

REDUNDANCY AND OBJECTHOOD. Artist and sculptor Louis Osmosis on iteration, commodity, the meaning of making, and his latest solo show, QUEUES, on view now at Kapp Kapp Gallery.

fiction | Joan Kelsey

I JUST WORK HERE. At last, the horse buckled under its own numb weight. Three hundred years of heritage and a life of exacting training had molded it into an edifice of strength destined for inexorable collapse.

interview | Willa Bennett

THIS IMMACULATE STAGE. Writer and Highsnobiety editor-in-chief Willa Bennett on her favorite designers, the urgent curiosity of fashion writing, and how poetry has shaped her life.

fiction | Erin Satterthwaite

ARE WOMEN STILL BEAUTIFUL? My uncle says the women in California are all beautiful. So are the women in Miami, but they have HIV.

interview | Anna Bolina

TRIAL AND ERROR. Designer Anna Bolina on evening wear, feminine energies, and the unpredictability of nighttime.

interview | Whitney Mallett

STRANGE NEW AGE. Writer and editor Whitney Mallett on founding The Whitney Review of New Writing, harnessing the untapped potential of readings, and protecting independent literature.

interview | Josh Citarella

PERMANENT PRECARIAT. Artist and internet researcher Josh Citarella on clout capitalism, the precariousness of freelance life, and Do Not Research’s 2023 open call.

poetry | Cristine Brache

LAZY CAPTIVE SATURDAY. It all makes complete sense/ I'm still a teenager that doesn’t belong anywhere.

interview | KJ Rothweiler

SALAMANDER DAYS. Podcaster, musician, and filmmaker KJ Rothweiler on the travails of navigating the indie film festival circuit, shitposting, Gus van Sant’s “Death Trilogy,” and the making of his debut feature film, SALAMANDER DAYS.

interview | Taylor Lorenz

CONTEXT COLLAPSE. Writer and journalist Taylor Lorenz on the history of online life, Web3 and a decentralized internet, and her new book, EXTREMELY ONLINE.

interview | Natasha Stagg

NOT TRYING TO BE LANA DEL REY ABOUT IT. Writer Natasha Stagg on personality and commodity, the true age of autofiction, sexual wellness products, and her latest book, ARTLESS.

interview | Harmony Tividad

DYSTOPIA GIRL. Singer-songwriter Harmony on theater and play, the over-performance of femininity, and making her debut album as a solo artist, DYSTOPIA GIRL.

poetry | Myles Zavelo

A WIZARD’S WIFE. A young wizard needs a wife/ and what a lovely thing that is

fiction | Caia Hagel

MATING MYTHOLOGIES. Alcohol was invented by the mystics; altered worlds make a yearning person thirsty.

interview | Alex Ross Perry

CREATIVE COMMERCE. Filmmaker Alex Ross Perry on the presence of personality in commercial art, the dis/connection between film executives and their audiences, and his upcoming movie on the band Pavement.

poetry | Ben Fama

BOREDOM. Romantic: meaning I either believe in an abiding concept of love/ Or maybe worse

interview | Mara McKevitt

SITES OF CONSENT THEATER. Filmmaker and performance artist Mara McKevitt on necrophilia, the sadomasochistic undertones of the workplace, and how everyone is an actor.

interview | Elena Velez

PLOT IN THE ATTENTION ECONOMY. Fashion designer Elena Velez on hyper-femininity, the sickly sweet platitudes of online mommy culture, and the devastating anticlimax of nostalgia.

fiction | Adam Lehrer

A MEANINGLESS PARANOIA. Hours went by that he hadn’t heard a vehicle and he started to wonder if civilization was merely a bad dream that he’d had

fiction | Harris Lahti

EVIL DEAD II. My mother didn't tell me she had cancer until the cancer had come and gone. So she called me and told me about her sickness, and in a couple breaths it was cured.

interview | Nick Pinkerton

THE GENOCIDAL INTENTIONS OF OUR OVERLORDS. Filmmaker and critic Nick Pinkerton on our corporate-agoraphobic overlords, the anti-bourgeois impetus of Serge Delay, and an exclusive look at his upcoming film, THE SWEET EAST.

poetry | Seashell Coker

PRETTY GIRLS. Liars/ you said if we got pretty we'd have it all

fiction | John Doe

HOW MANY TIMES DO U HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. Mary's hole was always so tight. Because the good things are always the ones that grip.

fiction | Paris Reid

CACHE. I used to tie a dishrag around my head, obscuring myself as though in a habit. My mother told me: Stop it. She said: People will think you're sick. Sick: it thrilled me.

interview | Pneumatic Materials

PNEUMATIC MATERIALS. Podcasters Nathaniel Sloan and Derek Connell on the philosophical ferment of the early Christian period, the Gospel of Thomas, and the teleology of the Hagia Sophia.

interview | Angel Prost

AGONY VS. IRONY VS. SINCERITY VS. ECSTASY. Musician Angel Prost on making an escape from irony and agony, the emo twee intersections of Wes Anderson and Hot Topic, and how cults influenced Frost Children’s latest album, SPIRAL.

interview | Theodore Jacob Anthony

WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. Filmmaker Theodore Jacob Anthony on policing, surveillance, and how institutionalized “gatekeeping of the truth” keeps us from forming cohesive movements for social justice.

interview | Biz Sherbert

AMERICAN INTUITION. Fashion writer and podcaster Biz Sherbert on what fast fashion can teach us about America's obsession with images.

essay | Nevin Kallepalli

ARE CORPORATIONS PEOPLE? Nevin is the first artificial intelligence bowl movement tracker that reassures you that you're a gorgeous genius while reminding you that you're worthless.

fiction | Bud Smith

GOOD GRAVY. One time Danielle shot me in the chest with a Derringer pistol, so we broke up.

interview | Betsey Brown

MUST WE CANNIBALIZE THE ONES WE LOVE? Filmmaker Betsey Brown on sibling rivalry, love-hate relationships, and the making of her directorial debut film, ACTORS.

fiction | Giacomo Pope

ZAC SMITH. The summer of 2022 I went to stay with my friend Zac Smith, who had come into a good deal of money after strange circumstances.

interview | Amalia Ulman

YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Filmmaker Amalia Ulman on our collapsing world, erotic bodies, and her new NFT collaboration with Yeche Lange.

interview | Tao Lin, Jordan Castro

JORDAN CASTRO IS THE PRESIDENT. Novelists Tao Lin and Jordan Castro on Castro's first novel THE NOVELIST, Thomas Bernhard, nerds vs. jocks, and hardening your heart to suffering.

interview | Sophia Vanderbilt, Sierra Armor

INFINITE FUN REALITY TUNNELS. Writers Sophia Vanderbilt and Sierra Armor on e-girls, growing up online, and the digital terraria of our personhood.

essay | Jasmine Johnson

YOU'RE TRYING TO DANCE, THEY'RE TRYING TO DISCOURSE. The Autonomist glares as you take a wide angle selfie with the unbuilt environment. He's thinking, she doesn't even get it.

fiction | Auri Ribes

EVERYTHING YOU WANT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 24 HOURS. NA and AA are great places to connect, make friends, and find six-figure jobs. But there's no upward mobility in SLAA, just undiagnosed mental illness.

fiction | Madeleine Kunkle

DOGBREATH. I don't remember how old I was when sex stopped being real. I'd had it in real life, some ecstatic moments, some I'd rather forget. But it felt better online.

interview | Carol Li

THE ODEON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. Jewelry designer Carol Li on camp aesthetics, the ontology of the personal brand, and wanting to belong somewhere that doesn't exist.

poetry | Drew Minnoch

WHEN THE TIMER ON THE IRRIGATION ANTICIPATES EVENING. we look around, grinning at the ordinality of it all/ Surveying what is to come