n+1 Issue 40: Hindsight

by Tobi Haslett (Contributor), Rachel Kustner (Contributor), Meghan O'Gieblyn (Contributor)

So you wrote a thing. Automatic writing vs. the algorithmic unconscious. Who’s afraid of the #resistancehag? Rachel Kushner on Palestine, Tobi Haslett on the George Floyd riots. Fiction by Corley Miller and Vladimir Sorokin.

196 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Wendy Liu]

I liked, though didn’t quite understand, Vladimir Sorokin’s short story ‘Horse Soup’.

[Alex Wexelman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I particularly liked the fucked up story "Horse Soup" by Vladamir Sorokin, which is seared into my mind like the phrase the man in it repeats orgasmically over and over. (“This is na-a-a-a-o!”)

I became emotional reading the Covid diary the social worker Max Rorty wrote under the title "Primary Sources" for how easily it evoked the horrifying early days of the pandemic. And lastly, I loved the Meghan O'Gieblyn treatise on machines learning to write, titled "Babel."

[Bridget Bonaparte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fiction heavy issue! I liked all three short stories, “horse soup” being for sure the most unhinged. Really enjoyed the “Babel” essay as well despite its use of quotes from grimes.

[Kai · Rating 3 out of 5]

had fleeting thoughts of unsubscribing during the excruciating 'parents for warren' pandemic diary, but thankfully most of the issue is devoted to the incredible HORSE SOUP