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Get to know the journal &
why we write for you

Our approach

Slow criticism, made with care

Slow writing about things made well.

Our purpose

Why we exist

  • Give culture time, away from the news cycle
  • Follow a subject from the studio to the archive
  • Edit each essay twice, credit every image
  • Pay every writer, read every new pitch
  • Build a library of criticism that ages well

Our team

Meet the people
behind the journal

Mara Bennett
Mara Bennett Editor-in-chief
Liam O'Reilly
Liam O'Reilly Film editor
Aisha Hassan
Aisha Hassan Design & architecture
Carlos Gomez
Carlos Gomez Art critic
Elena Novak
Elena Novak Books editor
Maya Kobayashi
Maya Kobayashi Literature writer
Jonas Weber
Jonas Weber Photo editor
Sofia Marin
Sofia Marin Music columnist
  • Lara Mitchell
  • Nina Kapoor
  • Hannah Brooks
  • Elena Torres
  • Owen Clarke

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