{"product_id":"the-believer-summer-26","title":"The Believer 147 (FALL 2024) by Boots Riley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_F7yaGIff7g?si=DT8CwnA7ASlQQXvr\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside Issue 147: Will McGrath tags along with a basketball team of Somali American teenagers as they journey from Minnesota to the Sunshine State for a national tournament; R. Emmet Sweeney describes the many attempts to adapt a bestselling 2,500-page Tamil epic for film; Mychal Denzel Smith turns to online chess after the loss of his mother leaves him unable to write; Sandy Ernest Allen traces our cultural depictions of electroshock therapy; and Boots Riley, in a sprawling interview with Annalee Newitz, discusses comic books, labor strikes, and conversations as art form. You’ll also find interviews with Kaveh Akbar, Kate Zambreno, Jack Stratton of trailblazing indie band Vulfpeck, and punk legend Kathleen Hanna; as well as two new poems by Eduardo C. Corral and Ruben Quesada that have been illustrated by artists Gabrielle Bell and Hartley Lin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind all this plus: Giri Nathan on the paranoia in M. Night Shyamalan’s weirdest film; Nick Hornby recommending, with some regret, reading material for Bruce Springsteen fans; and Carrie Brownstein returning to advise on the subject of “healthy” eating. And, as always, even more awaits within these ink-perfumed pages, including small-press book reviews, games, and a grand tour of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Routine\u003cbr\u003eby Katya Apekina\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResurrector: Signs\u003cbr\u003eby Giri Nathan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStuff I’ve Been Reading\u003cbr\u003eby Nick Hornby\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Process: Tia Cabra\u003cbr\u003eby Eric Farwell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk Carrie\u003cbr\u003eby Carrie Brownstein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Ancient to the Future”\u003cbr\u003eby R. Emmet Sweeney\u003cbr\u003eAfter Tamil director Mani Ratnam read the historical epic Ponniyin Selvan in college, he embarked on a quixotic, multi-decade journey to adapt it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoots Riley\u003cbr\u003einterviewed by Annalee Newitz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Scholar’s Mate”\u003cbr\u003eby Mychal Denzel Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sabbatical”\u003cbr\u003ea new poem written by Eduardo C. Corral and illustrated by Gabrielle Bell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack Stratton\u003cbr\u003einterviewed by Josh Fischel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“American Boys”\u003cbr\u003eby Will McGrath\u003cbr\u003eOn the road with the Cedar-Riverside Warriors, an all-Somali high school basketball team from Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaveh Akbar\u003cbr\u003einterviewed by India Ennenga\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchema: Conditional Cities\u003cbr\u003eby Mairead Small Staid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“On Voice”\u003cbr\u003ea new poem written by Ruben Quesada and illustrated by Hartley Lin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Zambreno\u003cbr\u003einterviewed by Danielle Dutton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A Brilliant Cure but We Lost the Patient”\u003cbr\u003eby Sandy Ernest Allen\u003cbr\u003eWhat do media representations of electroshock tell us about the impact of this controversial treatment?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKathleen Hanna\u003cbr\u003einterviewed by Melissa Locker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCheck out other titles and merchandise we offer related to Boots Riley \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sistahscifi.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=Boots+Riley\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51742169465149,"sku":"1963270053","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0117\/0387\/7732\/files\/91oCyB0WsCL.jpg?v=1779370528","url":"https:\/\/sistahscifi.com\/products\/the-believer-summer-26","provider":"sistahscifi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}