The Drift is a magazine that through longform essays, cultural criticism, short fiction, poetry, interviews, dispatches, and extremely abbreviated reviews aims to introduce new ideas by young writers who haven’t yet been absorbed into the media hivemind.
The Drift is sharp, surprising interventions; socially engaged cultural criticism; class-sensitive analysis; pieces that point out what’s being avoided or talked around in politics, media, arts, or even academia; upbeat cynicism; un-self-serious screeds; generous takedowns; entries from the margins; fiction; poetry; 150-word reviews of books / films / TV shows / art / ephemera.