The Believer 116 December 2017 / January 2018 : December/January

Susana Ferreira examines the evangelical war on Vodou Grace Simonoff Dunham self-administers a Kinsey test Jennifer Kabat on the horse tails, hooves, and happenings of British performance artist Rose English Rob Curran on the final, fateful expedition of Scottish botanist Jamie Taggart Peter Orner contemplates Levi's god question, Akhmatova's most mysterious line, and other literary concerns Daniel Handler discusses a very long Norwegian play from 1903 and Nick Hornby reads a cowboy novel next to a pool Plus interviews with John Cale, Bear Grylls, Lynne Tillman, and Pope.L And a beginner's guide to medieval demons The Believer, a five-time National Magazine Award finalist, is a bimonthly literature, arts, and culture magazine. In each issue, readers will find journalism and essays that are frequently very long, book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and interviews that are intimate, frank, and also very long. There are intricate illustrations by Tony Millionaire and a rotating cast of guest artists, poems, and regular columns by Nick Hornby and Daniel Handler.