An independent, ad-free leftist magazine of critical essays, poetry, fiction, and art.

Jake Romm’s writing and photography have appeared in Aesthetica Magazine [Creative Writing Prize Shortlist (Poetry)], Inkstick Media, The New Inquiry, Hyperallergic, Protean Magazine, MAP6, Yogurt Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Midnight Sun, Reading The Pictures, and elsewhere. He can be found on twitter at @jake_romm.
  • Late Fascism: An Interview with Alberto Toscano, Part 2

    Late Fascism: An Interview with Alberto Toscano, Part 2

    This is the second part of a two part interview with Italian philosopher Alberto Toscano about his new book, Late Fascism, in which he discusses, among other things, fascism’s “religion of death,” the superstructural terrain of the fight against fascism, the new temporality of the climate crisis, and whether fascism’s internal dynamics mean that it…

  • Late Fascism: An Interview with Alberto Toscano, Part 1

    Late Fascism: An Interview with Alberto Toscano, Part 1

    Last month, Jake Romm spoke with Alberto Toscano about his new book Late Fascism. Here’s Part 1 of the interview, covering the impetus behind the book, petit-bourgeois fascism, & the idea of petty-sovereignty & more. Part 2 coming soon.

  • Lamentations

    Lamentations

    Poet Jake Romm’s “Lamentations” grieves the inadequacy of revolutionary poetry while maintaining the necessity of revolution: “A poem,” he writes, “is a failure / To fulfill the promise of poetry.”

  • Total Liquidation (Zagreb)

    Total Liquidation (Zagreb)

    In “Total Liquidation (Zagreb),” poet Jake Romm offers a panoramic view of the Croatian city, from the decrepit Hapsburg shrines to the “woodpecker clicking of the crosswalk signals.”