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

Saritha Ramakrishna is a writer who also works in urban planning and environmental advocacy. Previous work of hers has appeared in The Baffler, Mask Magazine, Orion Magazine and Literary Hub. She tweets (informally) at @saritha___.
  • The Canon of American Tragedy: Luke O’Neil’s Welcome to Hell World

    The Canon of American Tragedy: Luke O’Neil’s Welcome to Hell World

    by Saritha Ramakrishna. In the foreword to Welcome to Hell World, Luke O’Neil admits that he does not know what his book is. It covers a lot: loneliness and addiction in all their forms, absurdity and cruelty and how they’re often paired together, people as soft matter shredded by this nation’s exploitative system.