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The Believer, a twelve-time National Magazine Award finalist, is a literature, arts, and culture magazine published by the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute, and based in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.In each issue, readers will find journalism, essays, intimate interviews, an expansive comics section, poetry, timely and untimely reviews, and on occasion, delightful and unexpected bonus items. The magazine is edited by a group of novelists, poets, artists, critics, regular readers of the Chicago Manual of Style, and aficionados of print and digital literature. Our regular columnists are Nick Hornby and Peter Orner.All editions of The Believer are perfect-bound and printed by friendly Canadians on recycled, acid-free, heavy-stock paper and suitable for archiving, framing, or reading in the tub. We publish five issues a year, including one double issue. Questions? Please give us a call: (866) 930-0264 or reach us by email: .

Table of Contents

01 Notes & Apologies03 Featured Artist • Jon Aye04 Conversations with Contributors06 The Field • Timely and tardy dispatches from the culture, featuring Sophie Haigney on our desire to know and name; Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo on Francisco Goldman's Monkey Boy; and Stephen Kearse on Fox's infamous reality show Cops and other representations of police violence15 How to Become an Object • Franny Choi17 "Piano Lessons": a comic • Teresa Wong • How a young pianist's promise to her parents became a commitment to herself.24 Place: IKEA Parking Lot • Anelise Chen27 Stuff I've Been Reading • Nick Hornby30 The Act of Smelling • Jude Stewart (Continued on 34,38, 44, 49, 112)31 Enter Ghost • John Menick • Considering the influence of Spiritualism on the haunted internet genre.39 An interview with Maggie Nelson • Ross Simonini46 "The Country of Lone Wolves": a poem • Fernando Valverde48 Side Quest • Bijan Stephen50 Star System • Elizabeth Greenspan • Denise Scott Brown's impact has been downplayed, though she co-authored one of architecture's seminal texts. Now, she's preparing a text of her own.62 The Process: Ray Wood Jr • Soni Brown68 A Pop-Cultural Autopsy of the Black Woman Medical Examiner • Jordan Taliha McDonald TK70 "The Innocent": a poem • Jennifer Chang71 "The Places We Lost": a comic • Kathy MacLeod • Remembering what was left behind in the wake of Bangkok's rapid urban development.89 An interview with Chuck D • Melissa Locker96 Idol Threats • Shruti Ravindran • The press likens him to Indiana Jones, but he thinks of himself as the symbologist from the Da Vinci Code, and he's working to repatriate India's stolen art.105 An interview with Alexis Pauline Gumbs • Kameelah Janan Rasheed

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The Believer, a twelve-time National Magazine Award finalist, is a literature, arts, and culture magazine published by the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute, and based in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.In each issue, readers will find journalism, essays, intimate interviews, an expansive comics section, poetry, timely and untimely reviews, and on occasion, delightful and unexpected bonus items. The magazine is edited by a group of novelists, poets, artists, critics, regular readers of the Chicago Manual of Style, and aficionados of print and digital literature. Our regular columnists are Nick Hornby and Peter Orner.All editions of The Believer are perfect-bound and printed by friendly Canadians on recycled, acid-free, heavy-stock paper and suitable for archiving, framing, or reading in the tub. We publish five issues a year, including one double issue. Questions? Please give us a call: (866) 930-0264 or reach us by email: .

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