Andrew Holter interviewed Tom Overton, author of a new biography, “John Berger: From Life,” out from Verso Books. In this fascinating discussion, Overton discusses his friendship with Berger, the biog...

Andrew Holter interviewed Tom Overton, author of a new biography, “John Berger: From Life,” out from Verso Books. In this fascinating discussion, Overton discusses his friendship with Berger, the biog...

Kyle Carrero Lopez's poem "Itinerary" ambles across psychic shorelines, exploring the ways in which capitalism structures the family-form.

In "Making Trouble at the Airport "A.R. Zarif deploys swirling phrasal repetition to explore the psychological fallout from post-War on Terror airport security.

Andy Hines writes on how profit incentive, prestige-seeking, and student repression intersect at elite U.S. universities. Despite institutions' public commitments to free expression, willingness to qu...

Alex Colston reviews Anton Jäger's "Hyperpolitics," filling in gaps in the book's short argument and arguing for the importance of political formations and activities independent of official political...

In "art from the artist," poet Paul Ukrainets meditates on the work of poetry and the limits of the poetic imagination: "That sacred dream I learned as / worth wanting: to peddle images."

Get more from Protean Magazine on Patreon. Become a member for just $2/month. Protean Magazine collects cutting edge literature and art for the…

In this long conversation, Mary Turfah talks with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah about health sovereignty in Palestine, the coloniality of Western NGOs, the centrality of healthcare to the genocide in Palesti...

In "The Enemies of 1776", Dylan Saba traces the long history of the US's genocidal wars and pacification operations in the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, to the War in Vietnam, to the Israeli-U...

In "Parable of the Modern Day Hijrah," poet Isra Hassan reflects on the fraught meanings of pilgrimage in contemporary Islam.

In "red script of questions," poet Ali Choudhary creates a harrowing dialogue with the children of Gaza as they continue to endure Israel's genocide.

when power decreed that body un-grievable, / everyone made mourning like a pet.

Get more from Protean Magazine on Patreon. Become a member for just $2/month. Protean Magazine collects cutting edge literature and art for the…

In "Pantone® Colour of the Year: A Consumer Review," poet Momtaza Mehri meditates on greenness as a volatile signifier of ecological collapse, neocolonial violence, and commodity circulation.

In "The Enemies of 1776", Dylan Saba traces the long history of the US's genocidal wars and pacification operations in the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, to the War in Vietnam, to the Israeli-U...

Andy Hines traces the lines of power between U.S. educational and healthcare institutions. In both, campuses and corporatized administrations are loci of profit—from leveraging real estate and debt…

Get more from Protean Magazine on Patreon. Become a member for just $2/month. Protean Magazine collects cutting edge literature and art for the…

Poet Jon Hoel's "In a Generous Way" navigates grief through the history of Spanish fascism: "I return to my past again," he writes, "a gibbon / in the maw of loss."

Get more from Protean Magazine on Patreon. Become a member for just $2/month. Protean Magazine collects cutting edge literature and art for the…

Get more from Protean Magazine on Patreon. Become a member for just $2/month. Protean Magazine collects cutting edge literature and art for the…

Get more from Protean Magazine on Patreon. Become a member for just $2/month. Protean Magazine collects cutting edge literature and art for the…

In "Live Action Role Play," poet Christopher Blackman considers the linkages among LARPing, imperial decay, and the splendor of a full moon.

Flora Arnold and Lauren Hough review Annie McClanahan's “Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work.” Often assumed to be contemporary features of labor, McClanahan argues, mod...

Flora Arnold and Lauren Hough review Annie McClanahan's “Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work.” Often assumed to be contemporary features of labor, McClanahan argues, mod...

Flora Arnold and Lauren Hough review Annie McClanahan's “Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work.” Often assumed to be contemporary features of labor, McClanahan argues, mod...

Flora Arnold and Lauren Hough review Annie McClanahan's “Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work.” Often assumed to be contemporary features of labor, McClanahan argues, mod...

Flora Arnold and Lauren Hough review Annie McClanahan's “Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work.” Often assumed to be contemporary features of labor, McClanahan argues, mod...

Kate Wagner's essay in Protean: Issue V explores the art and life of the Yugoslavian painter France Micheli , who was an interpreter of nature, ritual, and, in many ways, an interrogator of death.…

From Issue 3: Hanif Abdurraqib's "ALL THE TV SHOWS ARE ABOUT COPS" is a stunning lament and an indictment of the crimes of criminal justice.

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

Get more from Protean Magazine on Patreon. Independent, ad-free leftist magazine: essays, interviews, art. Support Protean Magazine and get exclusive access to their work.