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A Short Story About Writing in the Age of AI
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The Marfa Chronicle
On an Artist’s Journey to Texas
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Alien Nation
On Gabriel McKee's 'The Saucerian: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker'
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Christ Agonistes
On Lamorna Ash's 'Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever: A New Generation’s Search for Religion'
Jan 19 • Michael Ledger-Lomas and The Metropolitan Review
"Poinsettias" and "Woody Guthrie"
New Poetry from The Metropolitan Review
Jan 18 • The Metropolitan Review and P.G. McNabb
Stop the Stream
On Narrative Collapse and the Dream Economy
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The Exilic Style
On Ruyan Meng's 'The Morgue Keeper'
Jan 14 • Jonah Howell and The Metropolitan Review
China on the Move
On Jia Zhangke’s ‘Caught by Tides’ and Dan Wang’s ‘Breakneck’
Jan 12 • Kiren Gopal and The Metropolitan Review
Candycane Casket
A Novel Excerpt
Jan 10 • Alexander Sorondo and The Metropolitan Review
Is America Good?
On Shadi Hamid's 'The Case for American Power'
Jan 8 • Stephen G. Adubato and The Metropolitan Review
Your Last Chance to Get Our Historic First Print Issue
Today's the day
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Supreme Cinema
On Joachim Trier’s 'Sentimental Value' and Josh Safdie’s 'Marty Supreme'
Jan 6 • Sam Jennings and The Metropolitan Review
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