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Join us, @ndbooks.bsky.social, Krithika Varagur, Zain Khalid, Sloane Crosley, and Rob Franklin, on November 18 to celebrate the publication of the newest installment of Solvej Balle’s series “On the Calculation of Volume.”

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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
See you at the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday, Sept. 21! We’ll be selling discounted issues and merch, including special in-person-only items.
September 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Congrats to Drift contributors Jordan Thomas, Natalie Shapero, and Solvej Balle on making the National Book Award longlists for Nonfiction, Poetry, and Translated Literature!

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September 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
On a morose version of a rom-com, by @alexpvalenti.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On a try-hard nostalgia trap, by Jonah Walters
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On a genuine multicultural love match, by @malignfiesta.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On a Steinbeckian catalog of occupational abuses, by Irene Connelly
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On Andrea Arnold’s latest film, by @harmlessfires.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On a genuine multicultural love match, by @malignfiesta.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On a Steinbeckian catalog of occupational abuses, by Irene Connelly
September 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On Andrea Arnold’s latest film, by @harmlessfires.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On the Moby-Dick opera, by John Bohn
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On Abderrahmane Sissako’s latest feature, by @aprzhu.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On a 35-plus-hour-long audiobook, by S.C. Cornell
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On “white bureaucratic minutiae,” by Michael Kaplan
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On a star-studded mob feature, by @therealbradbabs.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Ever wonder how a Drift cover comes together? Our print designer Ivy Sanders Schneider explains the process – and how she reenvisions designs from early 20th century socialist magazines for the present day.

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July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
On blogging and Dennis Cooper, by Noa Wesley
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
On the bathroom of the Yale Center for British Art, by Nicki Klar
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
On an anti-antisemitic standup set, by Mark Steinbach
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
On a new Willem de Kooning exhibition, by @cryinmeehan.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
On the passion of Bryan Johnson, by Aaron Labaree
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our Issue Fifteen launch party is TONIGHT! Join us for readings by @gabydvj.bsky.social, @veryhotmomm.bsky.social, Mariah Kreutter, Benjamin Krusling, Owen Park, and Stephanie Wambugu.
July 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On a monastic documentary, by Chris Phillips
July 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
On the KISS frontman’s stage banter, by Aaron Gonsher
July 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM