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“That’s what I find funny: my own personal experience. It’s what I need to find funny.” —Jenny Slate, interviewed by Sara Black McCulloch thebeliever.net/an-interview-w…

“Satire always has the danger of being misunderstood. But if you have a technique that you can’t apply to a minority experience, then you reserve it as a writing tool only for the majority. That seems even more dangerous.” —Gene Luen Yang thebeliever.net/an-interview-w…

“If you publish more mainstream books, then you hit more mainstream expectations. But I’m not doing that. On the other hand, just saying, 'Whoa, man, life’s complicated'—that’s not rigorous.” —Maggie Nelson, interviewed by Ross Simonini thebeliever.net/an-interview-w…

"They didn’t know what to do with me, because, as I would find out later, I fell in the cracks between country and rock." —Lucinda Williams, interviewed by Madeleine Schwartz thebeliever.net/an-interview-w…

Today's excerpt from The Believer: Three visits to Magic Jewelry, a small shop in Manhattan’s Chinatown, where spectral photographs reveal something more than aura color. mcsweeneys.net/articles/what-…

"To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd." —Ai Wei Wei, interviewed by Claudine Ko thebeliever.net/an-interview-w…

"Separated from performance, recorded sound had become a malleable material, like paint or clay. And the results of this process were pointing toward a type of music that was less linear and more immersive: music you lived inside." —Brian Eno thebeliever.net/a-conversation…

"We are who we are. Except when we’re not." —Percival Everett, interviewed by James Yeh thebeliever.net/interview-perc…

“Death by misadventure: a British legal term meaning accidental death due to risky behavior. The twentieth century’s first decade of driving was full of death by misadventure.” —from “The Self-Moving Image,” an essay by John Menick thebeliever.net/self-driving-c…

"Though taken haphazardly, these screenshots are far more revealing of my lived experience than any clichéd snapshot; they are the subconscious of my camera roll." —from Kim Beil's department essay on screenshots thebeliever.net/tool-screensho…

“Well, one thing that I invented that really was not a bad idea was a lazy Susan in the refrigerator, so you didn’t have to reach to the back to get things: you could just turn the turntable.” —Alan Alda, interviewed by Melissa Locker thebeliever.net/an-interview-w…

Looking for a new platform to post on? Take out a classified ad in The Believer for a truly vintage posting experience. store.mcsweeneys.net/products/belie…

"With writing, I don’t think it’s performing a character, really, if the character you’re performing is yourself. I don’t see that as playing a role. It’s just appearing in public." —Joan Didion, interviewed by Sheila Heti thebeliever.net/an-interview-w…