Named the best magazine of 2022 by
Alta
.
Sound the bugles!
The Believer
is back with McSweeney’s! This massive 144-page resurrection issue is packed with highlights. We have essays from
Rafia Zakaria
,
Sarah Marshall
, and
Ryan Walsh
, and new guest columns from
Claire Vaye Watkins
and
Hanif Abdurraqib
. There is an interview with
Alan Alda
, in which he extensively discusses fruit cake. There are conversations with musicians
Angel Olsen
Rickie Lee Jones
, and between
Aubrey Plaza
Miguel Arteta
. There is a new crossword, which is very difficult but also, in our opinion, very enjoyable. There is commentary, from
Oscar Villalon
, on San Francisco’s 24th Street McDonald’s, and a tribute to
Greg Tate
from
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
. There is an exegesis of thirteenth century children’s art. There is a surprise guest advice columnist (you’ll just have to pick it up to find out who it is). There are other new ingredients too, like our first-ever worldwide best sellers list. Not to mention all of the other regular things you have come to expect from
, like
Nick Hornby
’s column on what he’s been reading, and schemas that exhaustively analyze the demon babies of medieval art. This one is not to be missed. Revel in the relaunch of this unkillable arts and culture magazine.