Liberties Journal of Culture & Politics Fall 2026

Liberties features the world’s sharpest minds for readers who are determined to stay curious. The result is a collection of writing about today worth rereading tomorrow.
Every issue of  Liberties offers more of the different. This independent journal of ideas publishes long-form essays and original poetry on a quarterly basis, bringing together voices that rarely share the same page. In the Fall 2026 issue of Liberties,  Ian Buruma exposes our inherited misconceptions of Asia; Jed Perl confronts Marcel Duchamps’ incomprehensible reputation;  David Nirenberg probes the history of the way we look at history;  Yegor Lapshov reports on his misadventures at the Venice Biennale;  Kenda Mutongi introduces an African environmental artist;  Husam Maarouf recalls the experience of writing in a warzone;  Luciano Floridi laments the authority of phony cultural objects;  Justin Smith-Ruiu considers the new legitimacy of medically assisted suicide;  Daniel Agbiboa uncovers a hidden complexity in forgiveness; James  McAuley pens a portrait of a little-known Jewish heroine; Ben Libman analyzes the power of the gaze, male and otherwise;  Theo Lipsky reveals the unfamiliar liberal foundations of the American military;  Christina Cacouris indicts fashion designers who loathe women;  Joseph Celizic testifies to moving on from a family tragedy;  Jasmine Ramze Rezaee questions who Canadian democracy is for;  Celeste Marcus deplores American Jewry’s imagined Israel;  Leon Wieseltier defends the authority of elders; and  Ange Mlinko and Michael Hofmann provide new poetry.

Liberties is the premier literary journal of culture and politics that also publishes new works online weekly and hosts lively events dedicated to thinking carefully about art and ideas. United only by a commitment to advancing the humanities and the democratic process,  Liberties provides se rious ideas and beautiful writing for readers who demand both.