n+1 Issue 41: Snake Oil

by n+1

Proletkino, vaccine drama, Ralph Ellison in Italian, and billionaires in space. Translation from Iran and Ukraine. New fiction by Rose Rejouis, Elisa Albert, and Jill Crawford. Elias Rodriques revisits Mary Beth G. Andrea Long Chu tries brain magnets.

192 pages, Paperback

Published November 9, 2021

About the author

n+1 is a print journal of politics, literature, and culture, published originally twice a year and now three times a year.

Reviews

[Bridget Bonaparte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit of a weak issue, I finished this a week ago but forgot (??) to post. I liked Andrea long chu’s piece on brain magnets and the essay on translating “invisible man” to Italian.

[Alex Wexelman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The essays on translation were neat, though none referenced Benjamin, which seems somehow insolent. Elisa Albert's short story "Mammals," about a disrespected doula, stood out among an uncharacteristically weak issue. Jill Crawford's "Vale" was bleak, but I couldn't stop until I was finished.