“In the United States, the individualist argument is the myth we can’t get out of.”

Akshay Ahuja

From a new online exclusive:Elizabeth Gilbert interviewed by Vendela Vida * THE BELIEVER: You said that when it comes to your own work you’re “plodding and disciplined and ...

MICHAEL W. CLUNE: My experience with addiction convinced me that there was no getting out from any place within myself. My memories, my impulses, my reflexes, my ...

THE BELIEVER: I’m reminded of my own worries about journalism as much of it moves toward a nonprofit model, funded—like much of literature and academia already is—by grants, ...

Nick Hallett and David Grubbs in Conversation

On April 9, Nick Hallett sat down with New York City based composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, David Grubbs to discuss David’s new album, The Plain Where the Palace ...

THE BELIEVER INTERVIEW WITH TODD MAY, PHILOSOPHER

TODD MAY: There’s an image from, I think, ancient Chinese philosophy that tries to get you to understand how long immortality is. It says, imagine you have a beach with grains ...

Remember the days when writers used to write paper letters to each other, sent through the mail? Did their letters feel so different from all the emailing that goes on today? ...