The Drift is a magazine of culture, politics, and literature that aims to introduce new work and new ideas by writers who haven’t yet been absorbed into the media hivemind. Our issues feature longform essays and criticism, short fiction, poetry, interviews, dispatches, and extremely abbreviated reviews. You’ll find our full archive on our website, where you can also subscribe to read us in print.

Here on Substack, we’ll be sharing even more of our work, including special and of-the-moment criticism and commentary, interviews with our editors and contributors, behind-the-scenes insights into our editorial process, pieces from our archive, party invitations, event announcements and recaps, close-readings of missives from oligarchs, and more.

To get in touch, pitch us, or submit your writing, you can read our guidelines and find our contact information here.