“Our story is old.
Telling it is not the only way
it can be told.”
From “Overture” by Brenda Shaughnessy, a poem in our summer issue.
Critics have called the twenty-first century the least original era since the printing press. But what’s so bad about repetition? Audrey Wollen on our supposed cultural void, in our summer issue.
“A creed is most comforting when its truth seems furthest away.” In our summer issue, Kathryn Lofton reads the Declaration of Independence as a religious text.
“Drew was an expert at vanquishing uncomfortable thoughts before they became too overwhelming. That was a big part of why I had married him.” New fiction by Nell Freudenberger, in our summer issue.
“In general, today’s AI systems perform extremely well until, often unexpectedly, they don’t.” Melanie Mitchell on AI’s jagged intelligence.
“Every new declaration emerges with fresh beef derived from an old authority.” —Kathryn Lofton
“I think the idea of any kind of art is profoundly connected to the idea that a human being is speaking to me.” Daniel Kehlmann, in conversation on AI and writing, in our summer issue.
“Our need is not for restoration but for transformation.” Samuel Moyn on America at 250.
Ayad Akhtar, Daniel Kehlmann, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss the creative and social ramifications of the LLM era, from changes in our cognition to shifting…
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Samuel Moyn on the semiquincentennial and why nostalgia can’t meet the moment.
