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Hornby heads, this is your moment! Get the latest collection of Nick Hornby’s riotously entertaining Believer columns for just five dollars when you subscribe to our thirteen-time National Magazine Award–finalist magazine via this page. In this new anthology (comprising his columns written during the magazine’s Vegas years), Hornby delves into the latest escapades from his reading life. These consistently hilarious dispatches touch on numerous subjects, including epic cattle drives, chess prodigies, and Arsenal’s 1976 thrashing of West Ham. From his tub-side lectern, Hornby catalogues everything he reads—the good, the great, and the could-not-finish—with the characteristic wit and charm that has made his column so widely beloved. Whether writing about heartbreak or quantum physics, Hornby offers surprising insights, and proves himself, once again, as one of our greatest living cultural critics.

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The Believer Issue 149
In our 149th issue: Kristin Keane explores the surprising intimacies and revelations of the animal web cam; Eskor David Johnson revisits Trinidad and Tobago’s brief but fateful coup led by Abu Bakr in the summer of 1990; Joel Whitney chronicles novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s imprisonment at the Buru Island “Humanitarian Project,” an Indonesian labor camp for communist sympathizers; and photographer Adalena Kavanagh stops by a small New York City establishment that offers portraits taken by a peculiar piece of hand-sensing technology. We also have interviews with writer Suzanne Scanlon; legendary actor Delroy Lindo; book publisher Lisa Lucas; and Fargo series creator Noah Hawley who speaks to actor Jason Schwartzman about Moog synths, Alien’s class consciousness, and his entrepreneurial approach to Hollywood.

You’ll also find a brand-new two-page poem by Ocean Vuong, Aria Aber’s late-night writing routine, Chris Gayomali on the transcendence of “Like a G6,” and Carrie Brownstein on the plight of the baby-faced professional. In addition to all this, these pages—perfectly bound for your readerly pleasure—feature games, book reviews, lyrical verse dedicated to poorly executed films, a meditation on Joey Lawrence’s sartorial impact, and still more.

IMPORTANT LOGISTICAL INFORMATION: All subscriptions to The Believer purchased before May 1, 2025, will begin with issue 149 All subscriptions automatically renew after four issues at a cost of $55. 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 Believer Autorenew.” Refunds will be accepted only up until the first issue of your renewal is shipped. Any subscription purchased with the “gift” option marked at checkout will not be enrolled in autorenew.

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