Believer 128 Vol16/06 December 2019 January 2020
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Featured Artist...Jesse Zhang
Conversations with Contributors...Various
The Field...Various
Timely and tardy dispatches from the culture, featuring Zoë Hu on the blush; Sharon Marcus on Sally Rooney; Oscar Villalon as guest critic; and more.
“The Toothbrush Dilemma”: a comic...Aude White
Word: jugaad...Mallika Rao
Translating a Person...Alejandro Zambra
A Chilean writer in New York constructs his English-speaking counterpart.
“Demagogue Money”: a poem...Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
Hari Kunzru...interviewed by...Stephen Piccarella
Under the Weather...Ash Sanders
Eco-anxiety is real, and it is making us sick.
Kasi Lemmons...interviewed by...Maori Karmael Holmes
“Charisma”: a poem...Nava EtShalom
Barry Lopez... interviewed by...John O’Connor
Schema: A Taxonomy of Filmic Ghosts...Nicholas Russell
The Process: Jane Corrigan...Leopoldine Core
Loca...Michael Snyder
In his lifetime, Salvador Novo was one of the most famous poets in Latin America. So why does almost no one read him today?
“Crip Consciousness”: a comic...Georgia Webber
Fighting imposter syndrome and finding one’s place while living with an “invisible” disability.
Ted Chiang...interviewed by...James Yeh
Stuff I’ve Been Reading...Nick Hornby
“Two Lolas”: a comic...Kate Gavino
The illustrator behind Last Night’s Reading reflects on the older women who influenced her life.
Ask Jeannie...Jean Grae
Microreviews...Yashwina Canter
Birdsong...Jenny Odell