THE DRIFT LITERARY MAGAZINE – FALL 2026

The Drift Magazine – The latest issue features an editors’ note on contemporary democracy, an interview with Marion Nestle regarding food industry oversight, a report on postliberal Budapest, and analytical essays on regional strategies and political momentum.

From the Editors

Editors’ Note​ | Democracy Now

The Editors

“Nobody Is Minding the Store”​ | An Interview with Marion Nestle

The Drift Editors

Front Lines

The Last Days of the Danube Institute​ | A Report from Postliberal Budapest

Brian Goodman

Everything in Moderation​ | Tech Fiction’s Discontents

Lora Kelley

Brothers in Arms​ | On the UAE’s Israel Model

Séamus Malekafzali

Home Front

Save Yourself​ | Secular Celibacy Gets Trendy

Saliha Bayrak

Socialists in Office​ | NYC-DSA Is Put to the Test

Piper French

Broken Records​ | Hollywood’s Music Biopic Formula

Hanson O’Haver

Fiction

The Visitor​ | Fiction

Lily Felsenthal

Unlike Things​ | Fiction

Henri Lipton

Abracadabra​ | Fiction

Chidima Anekwe

Pacific​ | Fiction

Ismail Ibrahim

Poetry

The Only Visit​ | Poetry

Ben Purkert

Year of the No-Talk Rule​ | Poetry

Sam Bailey

Reminiscing Yongsan​ | Poetry

Park Soran

Hermione Granger​ | Poetry

Lev Xue

“I wanted to like sports radio”​ | Poetry

grace (ge) gilbert

Self-Evaluation​ | Poetry

Rosanna Young Oh

How to Build a Chair​ | Poetry

Steve Roberts

Dispatches

Into the Funhouse Mirror​​ | Anonymous A.I. Confessional

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