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Fully Surreal Luxury Communism

By René MagritteSeptember 29, 2016
"Bourgeois Art" and "A Note to the Communist Party," essays excerpted from René Magritte: Selected Writings
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The New Inquiry Vol. 55: Testing

By TNISeptember 19, 2016
We’re a few centuries into a world where truth is held to be revealed through tests. In practice, testing does little more than register social fates already at work.
Features

God’s Dice

By Eduardo RabasaSeptember 16, 2016
An excerpt from Eduardo Rabasa's upcoming novel, A Zero-Sum Game (translated by Christina MacSweeney).
Features

A Declaration of the Dignity Image

By American ArtistSeptember 13, 2016
In art that defines itself by what it withholds from public view lies the challenge for us to do the same
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The New Inquiry Vol. 54: Bugs

By TNIAugust 8, 2016
Editorial note to TNI Vol. 54: Bugs
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The New Inquiry Vol. 52: New Masses

By TNIMay 17, 2016
Editorial note to TNI Vol. 52: New Masses
Features, Special Projects

Donald Trump: "Donald Trump"

By Sam LavigneApril 13, 2016
A supercut of Donald Trump saying his own name.
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The New Inquiry Vol. 51: Blogroll

By TNIApril 12, 2016
An editor's note about your blogs, and ours.
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The New Inquiry Vol. 49: Interviews

By The New InquiryFebruary 10, 2016
If all writing in public is a form of seduction, then the interview is one of the subtlest come-ons.
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The New Inquiry Vol. 48: Appetites

By The New InquiryJanuary 6, 2016
Appetite binds you to the social and develops a taste for it in you, and for you in it.
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Editors' Note, Vol. 47: Goodnight

By The New InquiryDecember 3, 2015
The editorial note to TNI Vol. 47: Goodnight.
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Editors' Note, Vol. 46: Dig

By The New InquiryNovember 4, 2015
From Palestine to North Dakota, this issue is an open dig site.
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Editors' Note, Vol. 45: Cops 2

By The New InquiryOctober 8, 2015
As the border patrol for all the borders capitalism designs, the very job description of policing ensures that none of its agents can be “good.”
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Editors' Note, Vol. 44: Counterfeit

By The New InquirySeptember 2, 2015
These fakes are just trying to keep it real.
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Editors' Note: Vol. 43: The Daddy Issue

By The New InquiryAugust 5, 2015
The knowledge of paternity is said to be the origin of human society as we know it: that is, born of women's labor but held in men's name.
Features, Special Projects

Black Friday

By Sam LavigneJuly 13, 2015
Alibaba.com, sometimes known as "the Chinese eBay", connects shoppers looking to purchase commodities in bulk directly with manufacturers from across the world. The site encompasses…

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