The Believer, Issue 112: The Art Issue

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The Believer's mission is to introduce readers to the best and most interesting work in the world of art, culture, and thoughtwhether that means literature, painting, wrestling, philosophy, or cookingin an attractive vehicle that's free from the bugbears of condescension, mustiness, and jargony obfuscation. 'The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object. There are book reviews that are not necessarilytimely, and that are very often long. There are also interviews that are very long. We will focus on writers andbooks we like. We will give people and books the benefit of the doubt. The working title of this magazine wasThe Optimist.' The Editors

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"The Believer ... puts out a welcome mat for pluralism and wide-eyed curiosity... decidedly youthful, not only in their characteristic generational concerns--the habit of nonchalantly blending pop culture, literary esoterica and academic theory, for instance, or the unnerving ability to appear at once mocking and sincere--but also in the sense of bravado and grievance that ripples through their pages." --The New York Times "It's got people talking in the lofty reaches of the book world, and--with its high-low mix of literary and pop-culture commentary and McSweeney's pedigree--it's a magnet for younger readers." --the San Francisco Chronicle "Focusing on the art, not the business, of writing, Believer is smart, jaded and a bit self-indulgent, just like a good literary magazine should be." --the Chicago Tribune "Impassioned." --the Los Angeles Times "Without a doubt, this Believer is heaven-sent." --The Washington Post

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The Believer is edited by Heidi Julavits, Vendela Vida, and Karolina Waclawiak.