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New York–area readers and friends: See you at our Issue 52 launch party on Thursday? www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
February 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
New York–area readers and friends: See you at our Issue 52 launch party on Thursday? www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
“Among the more insidious forms of American arrogance toward China is the idea that where we have politics, China has only government.” www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/the...
Sinophobic Sinophilia | The Editors
In the contemporary Chinese context, the idea that crucial parts of the central government could simply cease to operate for more than a month, as part of a procedural standoff between rival governing...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
“Among the more insidious forms of American arrogance toward China is the idea that where we have politics, China has only government.” www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/the...
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oh this is timely
Sinophobic Sinophilia www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/the...
Sinophobic Sinophilia www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/the...
Sinophobic Sinophilia | The Editors
In the contemporary Chinese context, the idea that crucial parts of the central government could simply cease to operate for more than a month, as part of a procedural standoff between rival governing...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
oh this is timely
Sinophobic Sinophilia www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/the...
Sinophobic Sinophilia www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/the...
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If you've not had the chance to read it, Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh's essay on the situation in Iran is excellent.
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Iran’s Three-Body Problem | Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh
The ongoing uprising is rooted in the political economy of structural adjustment, which forms the unstable medium through which revolt becomes contagious.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
If you've not had the chance to read it, Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh's essay on the situation in Iran is excellent.
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“Fear of American decline has shadowed our politics for half a century, but never before has our slow fall been so mirrored and mocked by another’s rapid rise.” Now unpaywalled: the Editors on China in the American mirror.
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Sinophobic Sinophilia | The Editors
In the contemporary Chinese context, the idea that crucial parts of the central government could simply cease to operate for more than a month, as part of a procedural standoff between rival governing...
www.nplusonemag.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“Fear of American decline has shadowed our politics for half a century, but never before has our slow fall been so mirrored and mocked by another’s rapid rise.” Now unpaywalled: the Editors on China in the American mirror.
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“Translation requires a lot of specialized knowledge, from jargon and slang to literary history. But that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying their hand at it for the pure pleasure of solving a puzzle and playing with form” — Bela Shayevich writes in her new @nplusonemag.com column:
Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are…
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February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“Translation requires a lot of specialized knowledge, from jargon and slang to literary history. But that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying their hand at it for the pure pleasure of solving a puzzle and playing with form” — Bela Shayevich writes in her new @nplusonemag.com column:
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Reminder you can still submit a solution to the translation puzzle in @nplusonemag.com which this month is my poem MARG URÞÚ SEMS YRGR
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Reminder you can still submit a solution to the translation puzzle in @nplusonemag.com which this month is my poem MARG URÞÚ SEMS YRGR
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This is a compelling, brilliant, first-hand piece on what people in Minneapolis are doing & experiencing under ICE occupation. Everyone should read it. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/ice-vs-everyone
January 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This is a compelling, brilliant, first-hand piece on what people in Minneapolis are doing & experiencing under ICE occupation. Everyone should read it. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/ice-vs-everyone
In Iran, resisting the Pahlavist authoritarian right, while refusing imperialist solutions, leaves only a narrow space for any meaningful alternative. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Iran’s Three-Body Problem | Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh
The ongoing uprising is rooted in the political economy of structural adjustment, which forms the unstable medium through which revolt becomes contagious.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:27 PM
In Iran, resisting the Pahlavist authoritarian right, while refusing imperialist solutions, leaves only a narrow space for any meaningful alternative. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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One of those all-too rare things; a column about literary translation in a regular writing publication!
“I didn’t read THE DETAILS because I was h*rny—I read it because I was teaching.” New: the first entry in Miss Translation, a regular column by Bela Shayevich.
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Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are prolif...
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January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
One of those all-too rare things; a column about literary translation in a regular writing publication!
On Thursday, February 12, join us for a party in Brooklyn to celebrate n+1 Issue 52.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:27 PM
On Thursday, February 12, join us for a party in Brooklyn to celebrate n+1 Issue 52.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Bela Shayevich getting a regular column in n+1 is a good sign w/r/t which timeline we are hopping on now
“I didn’t read THE DETAILS because I was h*rny—I read it because I was teaching.” New: the first entry in Miss Translation, a regular column by Bela Shayevich.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are prolif...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Bela Shayevich getting a regular column in n+1 is a good sign w/r/t which timeline we are hopping on now
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“I didn’t read THE DETAILS because I was h*rny—I read it because I was teaching.” New: the first entry in Miss Translation, a regular column by Bela Shayevich.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are prolif...
www.nplusonemag.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“I didn’t read THE DETAILS because I was h*rny—I read it because I was teaching.” New: the first entry in Miss Translation, a regular column by Bela Shayevich.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Bela's new column :) www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are prolif...
www.nplusonemag.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Bela's new column :) www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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I liked reading this and will be thinking about it: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/rev...
Not All Women | Dayna Tortorici
The point of all this cataloging — which is less schematic in Lewis’s presentation than my summary suggests — is to help us recognize traces of enemy feminism when we encounter them in the present. An...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I liked reading this and will be thinking about it: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/rev...
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Film critic @hamrahrama.bsky.social joins us Thursday to talk about his new book “Algorithm of the Night” and introduce screenings of Richard Linklater’s NOUVELLE VAGUE, and Joel Potrykus’s “darkly funny heavy metal comedy” (Bloody Disgusting), VULCANIZADORA. brattlefilm.org/2026-01-29
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Film critic @hamrahrama.bsky.social joins us Thursday to talk about his new book “Algorithm of the Night” and introduce screenings of Richard Linklater’s NOUVELLE VAGUE, and Joel Potrykus’s “darkly funny heavy metal comedy” (Bloody Disgusting), VULCANIZADORA. brattlefilm.org/2026-01-29
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New online, Sheena Meng memorializes “Raritan,” and the intellectual and aesthetic experience it initiated her into:
Strains, Tensions, Exaltations | The Point Magazine
Truth be told, when I heard that Raritan was shuttering, I was surprised it was still around at all.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
New online, Sheena Meng memorializes “Raritan,” and the intellectual and aesthetic experience it initiated her into:
“Walmart has always been more of a tech and data company than it gets credit for.” New: @oliviapaschal.com on making Walmart modern. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
The Beast of Bentonville | Olivia Paschal
In retrospect, the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration was an inopportune time for Walmart to hold the grand opening of its new corporate campus.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“Walmart has always been more of a tech and data company than it gets credit for.” New: @oliviapaschal.com on making Walmart modern. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Be sure to check out @hamrahrama.bsky.social's brand new collection of film writing, "Algorithm of the Night" via
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Algorithm of the Night, by A. S. Hamrah
“A. S. Hamrah’s criticism is hilarious, irreverent, full of passionate and ingeniously defended judgments.” —Dana Spiotta
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January 24, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Be sure to check out @hamrahrama.bsky.social's brand new collection of film writing, "Algorithm of the Night" via
@nplusonemag.com! shop.nplusonemag.com/products/alg...
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minneapolis we love you we want things to be better for you immediately
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ICE vs. Everyone | Erin West
What we’re doing now is this: The trainings have evolved into street medic workshops on protecting yourself from chemical weapons and lessons on digital security; there’s a meet-up to sew reinforced u...
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January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
minneapolis we love you we want things to be better for you immediately
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A sharp, beautifully written piece by @oliviapaschal.com on Walmart’s “nostalgic capitalism” and the anarcho-capitalist conjuncture. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
The Beast of Bentonville | Olivia Paschal
In retrospect, the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration was an inopportune time for Walmart to hold the grand opening of its new corporate campus.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
A sharp, beautifully written piece by @oliviapaschal.com on Walmart’s “nostalgic capitalism” and the anarcho-capitalist conjuncture. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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have a piece in @nplusonemag.com today trying to puzzle out where walmart sits in the new world order, also about how weird its new corporate campus is. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
The Beast of Bentonville | Olivia Paschal
In retrospect, the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration was an inopportune time for Walmart to hold the grand opening of its new corporate campus.
www.nplusonemag.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM
have a piece in @nplusonemag.com today trying to puzzle out where walmart sits in the new world order, also about how weird its new corporate campus is. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Walmart seems adrift: once at the forefront of changes in global capitalism and now something of a dinosaur figuring out how to respond, economically and politically, to them. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
The Beast of Bentonville | Olivia Paschal
In retrospect, the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration was an inopportune time for Walmart to hold the grand opening of its new corporate campus.
www.nplusonemag.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Walmart seems adrift: once at the forefront of changes in global capitalism and now something of a dinosaur figuring out how to respond, economically and politically, to them. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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I think anyone who worked on a UC dissertation can identify. A great memoir.
I think anyone who worked on a UC dissertation can identify. A great memoir.
The Last Intellectual | Michael Casper
Years after defending his dissertation, perhaps unable to adapt or evolve, he appeared stuck in an eternal limbo that would give any student the night sweats. On the other hand, John seemed an extreme...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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I think anyone who worked on a UC dissertation can identify. A great memoir.
I think anyone who worked on a UC dissertation can identify. A great memoir.