Fiction & Persuasion
A test lab for writing - & sometimes thinking - bridging the gap between fiction, communications, and culture. Come for the self-humiliation, stay for the accidental insight.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
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- Earliest in this view
- Jul 29, 2026
Latest issues
Translating the Untranslatable (opens the original)
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Descobrindo A Saudade (opens the original)
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The Little Rooms Where It Happens (opens the original)
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The Best Things I've Read in 2026 So Far (opens the original)
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