no. 85 — Over Under
no. 84 — Global Texas
no. 83— Hirelings
no. 82 - Bloom and Gloom
no. 81 - After Words
no. 80 - American Vendetta
no. 79 - Player Haters
no. 78 - Homeland Insecurity
no. 77 - Expatriates
no. 76 - Get in Line
no. 75 - Facing the Future
no. 74 - Altered States
no. 73 - Consolation Prizes
no. 72 - Life Alert
The Baffler, est. 1988, is a magazine of art, criticism, and political analysis, publishing bimonthly print issues as well as daily online dispatches.
The Baffler
Crapshoots
Paid Phones • Owing the payday loan apps
I Might Need Security • From gambling to insurance and back again
“Ideally, with an honest face
The Reluctant Migrant • Shot by the Border Patrol, one woman pursues justice
My Mother’s Mother’s Death • Nothing lay beyond that day’s horizon
First it goes undetected then it is planted in air
Pure Life Kurt Woerpel
The Battle Hymn of the Republic • Her truth is marching on
Infinite Hedge • The Polymarketification of American life
Living Water • The humpback chub decides the Colorado River
Psalm 35 (“Scams fly in”)
It’s a Boy’s Boy’s Boy’s World • Leslie Fiedler and the American refusal to grow up
No, But • What was improv?
Intrusive Sonnet
Bafflomathy (No. 85)