The Believer

May 21

This is a magazine published by the people at McSweeney’s. The articles and essays feel fresh and quirky (the latest issue covers Bulgaria’s street necrologues and the Barkley Marathons); the reviews are concise and insightful; the poetry accessible. Grab an issue and give it a try.

Here’s a blurb from their website:

The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object. There are book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and that are very often very long. There are interviews that are also very long. We will focus on writers and books we like. We will give people and books the benefit of the doubt. The working title of this magazine was The Optimist.