Purchase “Belief,” one of The Best American Essays’ notable special issues of 2o21, which includes Paul Cockeram’s notable essay “Shapes Not Living to My Ken.”

Introduction

Paul Cockeram, Shapes Not Living to My Ken

Clare Harmon, The Parable of the Nation State

Geoff Wyss, Stereo

J. Kinnison, Belly Rubbing Music
holding on to the wrong idea
The Skid

John Modern, Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues

Daniel Povinelli, The Big Tweeze

Guilherme Bergamini, Photographs & Interview

Jen Hirt, Shiver Immunity

A Treasury of Beliefs