P.S. The New New Critic

Unveiling our grand plan

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THE MANIFESTO IS DEAD! THE MANIFESTO IS DEAD!

“Writing a manifesto means self-actualization to the highest degree. It necessitates a deft attention to the world that is akin to prayer.”

Mar 5 • Cathy Li

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The Manifesto with No Name

Postscript No. 9 | Ramsey Alsheikh on the eros of activism

Mar 5 • Ramsey Alsheikh and The New Critic

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February 2026

Freak Show

“Algorithms reward attention, and if you can’t get the good kind, then the bad will do.”

Feb 25 • Theodore Gary

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Holy Fool

Postscript No. 8 | Theodore Gary on Joshua Block, Dostoevsky, middle school boys, and authenticity

Feb 25 • Theodore Gary and The New Critic

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Experience Is Psychosis

“As part of the school’s Covid policy, we both had to spend ten days in isolation.”

Feb 18 • Will Diana and The New Critic

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Strangle Your Idols

Postscript No. 7 | Will Diana on lunar nightmares, faraway lands, and Covid psychosis

Feb 18 • Will Diana and The New Critic

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p(doom)

“Can prediction markets shake the hedonistic monkey from their back?”

Feb 14 • Rufus Knuppel

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January 2026

A Cruel Joke Is Still a Joke

“Everything is plainly put, and everything is as it seems. There is nothing to be found here. It is vacuous.”

Jan 29 • nadav

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Imagematic Life

“I am finding it all too easy to abandon my imagematic way of life.”

Jan 8 • Grace Caplan

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What Troubled You in 2025?

Postscript No. 6 | An end of year symposium

Jan 1 • The New Critic

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December 2025

The Crazy Train

Postscript No. 5 | Matthew Adelstein, Noah Birnbaum, and Amos Wollen on effective altruism

Dec 31, 2025 • Elan Kluger, Bentham's Bulldog, Amos Wollen, and Noah Birnbaum

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