Today in the newsletter, associate editor Max Norman revisits David Schurman Wallace’s examination of the afterlives of John Ashbery and the role of social media in shaping encounters with poetry today. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/the-anxiet...

“The precedent that Obama’s militarism solidified has only become more and more malignant as Trump has moved through his presidency,” writes @seamus-malekafzali.com in a new piece on the aerial forever wars. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/the-legacy...

Can always count on @seamus-malekafzali.com to say what needs to be said newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/the-legacy...

I love all Mentions equally but this one touched a special nerve

An overly cheery exclamation point, a million-dollar wine cellar, winning the war with yourself, and more – read Mentions from Ben Gottlieb, @amkdurie.bsky.social, Will Dukes, Sam Ross, Olivia Noble, Jake Indursky, and Charlie Cockburn www.thedriftmag.com/mentions/

Today in the newsletter, a sharp dispatch from across the pond by Oliver Eagleton on the prospects of the electoral left in the UK newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/are-the-gr...

You can now submit questions for our new advice column anonymously through this form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“I feel excited about the possibilities presented by the feeling that there isn’t much left to lose,” says “Down Time” author Andrew Martin in conversation with Drift co-editor Rebecca Panovka. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/bad-for-pe...

leland palmer in the black lodge

We are launching our first-ever internship program this summer! Visit our website for more details. Applications are due by April 10. bit.ly/4aXdZQw

Thanks to @thedriftmag.com and @erikmbaker.bsky.social for spreading the word about Cold War Liberalism edited by @mbrenes.bsky.social and @dbessner.bsky.social -- a volume that is sure to provoke much discussion. Available now in paperback from @universitypress.cambridge.org

The February installment of Sophie Haigney’s advice column addresses the question of where to live, and why committing is easier said than done. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/where-will...

Thrilled to have these stories by @samuelmjensen.bsky.social, Nick Foretek, and Elisa Gonzalez recognized by the National Magazine Awards!

Soooooo proud of this recognition - what amazing company. I'm so happy that this will draw attention to these amazing stories!

Latest installment of Sophie’s new advice column, on moving and optionality newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/where-will...

I have the privilege of joining my friend Mac Loftin for this event tomorrow! If you're in the area and interested in the best theology book of the year and/or how to effectively challenge Christofascism, please join us.

I have the privilege of joining my friend Mac Loftin for this event tomorrow! If you're in the area and interested in the best theology book of the year and/or how to effectively challenge Christofascism, please join us.

This is 400,000 internal refugees in the united states because of state level policies and there remains fear that the federal government could make it worse.

“I realized that I could treat the novel as a form, like any poem,” Drift contributor Daniel Poppick says in a Q&A on his new book “The Copywriter.” newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/you-might-...

Hey, @erikmbaker.bsky.social, your turn's tonight!

I like sports headlines that could also be summaries of medieval chivalric romance

Today in the newsletter, Drift senior editor @erikmbaker.bsky.social and contributor Daniel Bessner talk about a new book on Cold War liberalism to which they both contributed. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/the-foundi...

Today in the newsletter: @dbessner.bsky.social and I chat about the book on Cold War liberalism that he co-edited with @mbrenes.bsky.social and to which I contributed, which is out in paperback today newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/the-foundi...

On 3/10 at 7:30 at The Bell House, our Editors Kiara Barrow and Rebecca Panovka will moderate a conversation with Brace Belden (of TrueAnon), @drboguslaw.bsky.social, @azbrodsky.bsky.social, and @anandwrites.bsky.social on the Epstein files. Get tickets today: www.ticketmaster.com/event/300064...

Mac Forehand, with a name like that you really should be playing baseball

My graduate readings this semester, minus Brownell's 24/7 Politics (Princeton has a silly desk copy system that I had a tough time navigating but enroute now). The course is recent US history.

The paperback is apparently already available for pre-order! www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Ow...

“Much has been said about literature’s capacity to improve our moral sensibilities,” writes Julia Kornberg, but Jeffrey Epstein’s reading habits say more about literature’s ability to “justify our corruption.” newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

Sharp piece in the newsletter today by Julia Kornberg on Epstein's literary interests and the myth of reading as morally improving newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

Exciting news: Make Your Own Job will be out in paperback this fall. If you've noticed any typos or factual mistakes, now's your last chance to drop me an email and let me know

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

We're sharing some great and imagistically unsettling Mentions today

Good. Let's not look a gift horse in the mouth. jewishcurrents.org/higher-eds-b...

It’s Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil

This is an amazing piece about the most important under-the-radar tech story of our time

A pro-bug barback meme account, a full-time consumer of opium, an abyss that was once a mountain, Sigma Mussolini, and an onslaught of memories — read a new batch of Mentions by Lev Mamuya, Brian Harkin, Colin Lodewick, Tiffany Berruti, and @jamieyouwere.bsky.social. www.thedriftmag.com/mentions/

Tonight!! George and I will be talking about modernity, intellectualism, what we can hope for, and other light topics

And be sure to check out Ma’s “Sonnet for Desert” while you’re at it. www.thedriftmag.com/sonnet-for-d...

“A pig in the shape of me goes to the gas station.” Read Kathleen Ma’s Issue Sixteen poem “Battle Creek.” www.thedriftmag.com/battle-creek/

Enjoyed talking about Make Your Own Job on It's Been a Minute with Brittany Luse at @npr.org! www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...

Excellent piece in the newsletter today from our Minneapolis comrade Pranay Somayajula on developing mass protagonism in response to the DHS assault newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/fighting-f...

Excellent piece in the newsletter today from our Minneapolis comrade Pranay Somayajula on developing mass protagonism in response to the DHS assault newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/fighting-f...

Introducing a new advice column from Sophie Haigney! “I hope to be conclusive in ways that are surprising and that might not supply what the person asking or reading the question hopes to hear,” she writes. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/am-i-okay-...

The great Sophie Haigney is writing an advice column for our newsletter! Send in your questions to [email protected] with “Advice” in the subject line. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/am-i-okay-...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Powerful reflections from @katpburke.bsky.social lithub.com/letter-from-...

Ben Sloan on a Megalopolis talkback