{"product_id":"the-drift-17","title":"The Drift #17","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e177 x 255 mm, 204 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York, US\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree times a year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published in 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditors: \u003c\/strong\u003eKiara Barrow and Rebecca Panovka\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArt director: \u003c\/strong\u003eJohn Kazior\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover art:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ivy Sanders Schneider\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovering culture, politics and literature,\u003cspan\u003e bookish lit mag \u003cem\u003eThe Drift \u003c\/em\u003efeatures\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e‘new work and new ideas by young writers who haven’t yet been absorbed into the media hivemind’, through a healthy dose \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof long form writing, cultural criticism, fiction, poetry and a smart  (and ‘extremely abbreviated’) reviews section. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn an era of misinformation and in the wake of recent actions by the orange man occupying the Oval Office, this issue examines what ‘conspiracy theories, falsehoods, and hoaxes mean for civic participation’. From Jeffrey Epstein’s emails and what it tells you about the elite, to the rule breaking recipients of the American Welfare system and myths in the cultural sphere, \u003cem\u003eThe Drift\u003c\/em\u003e interrogates the stories societies circulate and sometimes choose to believe. Alongside these essays, the issue also features plenty of new fiction and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEach issue’s cover is an adaptation of two socialist mags from the 1910s, \u003ci\u003eThe Masses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Liberator, \u003c\/i\u003ewith the original cover reproduced towards the end of the issue (always worth a peek). This issue’s cover, designed by Ivy Sanders Schneider, is based on an image from the January 1923 issue of \u003ci\u003eThe Liberator.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thedriftmag.com\/\"\u003ethedriftmag.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"magCulture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45216767344749,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/7889\/files\/thedrift_17.png?v=1779291587","url":"https:\/\/magculture.com\/products\/the-drift-17","provider":"magCulture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}