• The Drift #17

The Drift

The Drift #17

The Drift is a magazine of culture, politics, and literature. Started in 2020, the mag offers new ideas by new writers in rejection of the media hivemind. Expect socially engaged cultural criticism, class-sensitive analysis, upbeat cynicism, un-self-serious screeds, and generous takedowns. A new generation's memo, confronting the avoided.  

In this Issue

Issue #17 of The Drift features essays on dreams dramas, demons, and the German Energiewende. A roundtable on Jeffrey Epstein with Brace Beldon, Daniel Boguslaw, Alexandra Brodsky, and Anand Giridharadas. Plus dispatches on the public spheres, fiction, poetry, and more! 

New York, U.S.A; 17x25cm; 180 pages; Spring 2026