{"product_id":"9781940450346","title":"The Believer, Issue 112","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e ’s mission is to introduce readers to the best and most interesting work in the world of art, culture, and thought—whether that means literature, painting, wrestling, philosophy, or cooking—in an attractive vehicle that’s free from the bugbears of condescension, mustiness, and jargony obfuscation. Its content (including essays, interviews, comics, poetry, and reviews) offers fresh perspectives from editors Heidi Julavits, Vendela Vida, and Karolina Waclawiak. Each issue includes the popular columns “Stuff I’ve Been Reading,” by Nick Hornby and “What the Swedes Read” (a look at Nobel Prize-winners), by Daniel Handler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Summer Issue features new work by Nell Zink, Álvaro Enrigue, and Gary Greenberg; interviews with Robert Coover, Amber Tamblyn, and the New York Public Library’s Paul Holdengräber; and new poetry by Rae Armantrout. Also in these pages, and among many other delights, you’ll find a special section on the theme of wildlife, essays on the man after whom Jim Jones patterned himself and what it’s like to be named after a sibling who died before you were born, examinations of the work of the artists Ray Johnson and Jimmy Robert, and the editors’ short lists for the eleventh annual Believer Book Award and the fifth annual Believer Poetry Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePockets of Resistance—Catherine Foulkrod\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to Send Things to Germany—Nell Zink\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Divine Inspiration of Jim Jones—Adam Morris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Abstract Expressionism”: a new poem—Andrew Nurkin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Confidence Man—Gary Greenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shooting Possums from the Back Porch of Roger’s Bar”: a new poem—Michael McGriff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat’s in a Necronym?—Jeannie Vanasco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Common Language—Kristina Shevory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescending Night—Elisabeth Donnelly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Untitled)—Mary Mann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Comics”— edited by Alvin Buenaventura\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl Vocho: A Familiar Subject—Álvaro Enrigue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the Swedes Read—Daniel Handler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Eleventh Annual Believer Book Award: Short List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Coover interviewed by Aaron Shulman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Canary”: a new poem—Rae Armantrout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchema: Top 100 US Drug Brand Names—Shoshana Akabas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fifth Annual Believer Poetry Award: Short List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Holdengräber interviewed by Lane Koivu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy Robert interviewed by Jude Stewart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSymposium: A discussion on (mostly) books as they relate to the theme of wildlife.\u003cbr\u003eTim Sheedy on the orangutan, Donna Kozloskie on the rising floodwaters, Megan Pugh on a poetic doomsday prophecy, Monica Westin on vegetal being, and Bijan Stephen on spillover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth LeCompte interviewed by Hillar Liitoja\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber Tamblyn interviewed by Rachel Matlow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Yu interviewed by Lev Grossman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McSweeney's, Believer Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044281663728,"sku":"9781940450346","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940450346_p0.jpg?v=1763668931","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940450346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}