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The Baffler Magazine 159

About

The epigraph stamped on The Baffler no. 1, from Arthur Rimbaud’s “Morning of Drunkenness,” introduced it as a punk literary magazine. It was the summer of 1988. The founders, Thomas Frank and Keith White, were recent graduates of the University of Virginia. They named their magazine as a joke on academic fads like undecidability, then in fashion. The Baffler was born to laugh at the baffling jargon of the academics and the commercial avant-garde, to explode their paralyzing agonies of abstraction and interpretation. This magazine would move in the opposite direction. It would strive for the lucidity of independent critical intelligence.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 1988

Publication Media & Frequency

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Print Publication Print PublicationPublished 6 x per year.

Fiction Open

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General General
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Nonfiction Open

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Politics/Political Science, Society/Culture.
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Poetry Open

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Visual Art Open

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Art Media:
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Artwork Artwork
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Last Updated: 25 Mar 2024
Last Audited: 25 Mar 2024 We audit each active listing twice a year.
Date Added: 11 Sep 2012

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