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The Baffler
Culture
The Baffler publishes cultural analysis, short stories, poems, art, and left-wing political criticism six times a year. Titled ‘After Words’, issue #81 looks towards the proliferation of AI in the 21st century, probing whether we’ve been post-literate for longer than current discourse might suggest. Inside: the bridge between the history of literacy and the history of class; text, sound, and language reimagined by a new generation of deaf writers; Brace Belden’s take on podcasting killing off writing; ‘Brain Rot Without Borders’, dispatches from a post-literate world; plus, poems and a paper-exhibition of Michael Oswell’s graphic designs. thebaffler.com
