This is writing my colleagues and I believe is among the best The Walrus has published over the past twenty years. We have been rating, debating, and reassessing the lists for months, looking for work that still surprised us, impressed us, moved us—work that could speak to the present moment. We wanted the overall mix to reflect the qualities that have made The Walrus a steady bellwether of must-read writing. We have been a home to some of the country’s most gifted magazine writers and, on this website, a daily reminder that good prose matters.

Carmine Starnino
Interim Editor-in-Chief

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