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“Ever shape-shifting and ambitious, McSweeney’s has redefined what a literary institution can be.”
—Catherine Lacey, McSweeney’s contributor and author of Pew

Reunited and it feels so good. After a half decade away, the award-winning Believer magazine is back at McSweeney’s. To celebrate, we’re bringing back our oldest combo of all: the Believer + McSweeney’s Quarterly Combo Subscription. An awe-inspiring cornucopia of literary content awaits you.

This combo subscription brings you four issues of interviews, essays, and reviews in this beloved and deluxe illustrated sixty-four-page printed magazine AND four issues of our thrilling and always boundary-pushing acclaimed literary journal. Cumulatively these pages have found themselves finalists for the National Magazine Award nearly an even two dozen times, and been home to some of the most exciting authors working today. Treat yourself and welcome our dearest old friends back into the McSweeney’s fold once more.

Here’s a preview of what you’ll find coming your way

The Believer Issue 150
Inside the landmark 150th issue of The Believer, Shruti Swamy reports on the alleged abuses of her childhood guru Swami Rama, a man powerful enough to stop his own heart; Paul Collins attempts to read the largest newspaper of all time; Rafia Zakaria follows her father on his infuriating quest for water and power in Karachi, Pakistan; and, forty years after he first attended Cru’s Winter Conference, David J. Morris returns to observe the hugely popular evangelical organization that influenced his youth. You’ll also find interviews covering a range of topics, such as furniture protection tips from country star Lyle Lovett; the kinds of books Sheila Heti most likes to read; and what the writer and cartoonist Charles Johnson deems “fuzzy-bunny Buddhism”; not to mention a comic by Maxime Gérin in which a night at the movies descends toward mayhem. We also have columns by Pitchaya Sudbanthad on the sordid tourism of a once mythic Thai beach, Nora Lange on Weekend at Bernie’s, Joan Silber on her daily routine, and Nick Hornby on Susie Boyt’s latest novel.

All this plus, in honor of our 150th anniversary issue, a very special letters section, along with a super-size index cataloging every essay, interview, and schema ever published inside these pages. And, exclusively for print subscribers, you’ll find a wall poster of select portraits by Believer illustrator Kristian Hammerstad. We hope you enjoy this small token of our gratitude.

Thank you for reading the past 150 issues of The Believer. Here’s to 150 more.

McSweeney’s 78: The Maker Believers
In McSweeney’s 78: The Make Believers (guest edited by Thi Bui and Vu Tran), ten writers of the Vietnamese diaspora write from the eclectic hodgepodge that is their shared imagination of what it means to be “Vietnamese.” Packaged in a beautiful foil-stamped cigar box (with art by Bui on each and every surface), and including two booklets, one menu, and a glossary of broken Vietnamese, the work in this issue spans from highbrow to lowbrow, proper to naughty, logical to absurd, and painful to funny. Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, its contributors work across perspectives and multiple languages. In this completely singular, nothing-else-of-its-kind anthology, these artists write (and illustrate!) from a place of collective loss and joy.

Important news! Through June 5, all new and renewed subscriptions to The Believer include a 40% discount on an annual membership to MUBI, helping you pair the finest in literary long-form journalism with the very best in world cinema. The exclusive discount code will be emailed to you after checkout, links dispatching twice every business day.

IMPORTANT LOGISTICAL INFORMATION: This is a one time combo price, all subscriptions to The Believer automatically renew after four issues at a cost of $55, while subscriptions to McSweeney’s Quarterly automatically renew after four issues at 15% off the price of a regular sub (currently $80.75). In the event of any future rate changes, we will notify you via email. If you’d like to cancel your subscription at any time prior to its auto-renewal, you can log in to your account and adjust your subscription settings. Or send an email to custservice@mcsweeneys.net with the subject line “End Quarterly Autorenew,” “End Believer Autorenew,” or “End Combo Autorenew.” Refunds will be accepted only up until the first issue of your renewal is shipped. Subscriptions placed by July 30, 2025, will begin with McSweeney’s 78: The Make Believers, and The Believer Issue 150. If you’d like to give the Quarterly Concern as a one-time gift, purchase a gift subscription here. Any subscription purchased with the “gift” option marked at checkout will not be enrolled in autorenew.

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