The Drift #18

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 #18 of The Drift features essays on DSA, IP, the UAE, and American conservatives in Hungary, with anonymous dispatches on how a novelist, and editor, a union organizer, and others are using (or not using) A.I. Plus, fiction, poetry, extremely abbreviated reviews, and more! 

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