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  • The prodigal half-rooster

    The prodigal half-rooster

    Maggie Nelson’s On Freedom and Lea Ypi’s Free spoke past one another from half a world away. But both ask whether freedoms mean anything if they are not practiced in public, and if they are not passed on — and whether the word « freedom » means anything at all.

  • Why we write

    Why we write

    A letter to George Orwell. « All narrative is hypnotic. Some narratives are more hypnotic than others. Because of you, we can be conscious of the kinds and the workings of the narratives that set out to deaden us, lessen us, make us lie, make us part of the lie. »

  • VOID FILL

    VOID FILL

    On multinational packaging systems, « inflated fictions of transparency », desire and fulfillment.

  • On the anti-poetry of « crowdfunding campaign »

    On the anti-poetry of « crowdfunding campaign »

    Kickstarting used to be something you did to an engine. To « kickstart » the European Review of Books makes it feel like we’re riding a motorcycle in World War I. But we only want peace!