Browsing: Believer

– – -FEATURES: Black squares White squares Seeming gibberish – – -Solving a cryptic is a bit like chewing over a confounding poem. Words that begin…

In which an artist discusses making a particular work. – – -I met Richard Ayoade, the brilliant British author of The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, which is…

A QUARTERLY column from Carrie Brownstein, who is better at dispensing advice than taking it – – -Q: I’m an adult. I bathe. And yet people…

At Bombay Beach, a half-ruined former vacation town on the edge of the Salton Sea, absurdist philosophers, artists, and everyday townsfolk have undertaken a postapocalyptic experiment…

Places Charles Johnson’s drawings appeared when he was a young cartoonist: A catalog for a magic company Mimeographed church bulletins The Daily Egyptian The Southern Illinoisan…

“It feels like there’s this river running underneath my whole life. It’s always there; I just have to step into it.” – – -Sheila Heti and…

Her guru was strong enough to stop his own heart—but was there a more frightening aspect of his power? DISCUSSED: Swami Rama, Living with the Himalayan…

“I’ve always made it a policy to never question good fortune.” – – -Food items mentioned by Lyle Lovett: Summer strawberries from the Pacific Northwest Eggs,…

FEATURES: Runs almost as fast as Usain Bolt, albeit in bursts Flies faster than most hummingbirds, albeit in bursts Gobbles, purrs, yelps, chirps, clicks, and kee-kees…

After Betsy Every night a drove of us leaves Our work building And clot the lot’s exit upTill emptied and distant, No different when I’m stuckWith…