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Protean Magazine

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Protean Magazine

@proteanmag

An independent leftist magazine collecting criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, and art • Support us at patreon.com/proteanmag

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Mar 13
Protean: Issue VI is in the works and the presale is coming soon! If you want to be one of the first to receive the issue when it’s out—and to get free giveaways and extras—support the magazine by joining us on Patreon: patreon.com/proteanmag.
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Nov 3, 2023
It's our honor to publish this translation of “I Grant You Refuge” by Palestinian poet, novelist, and teacher Hiba Abu Nada. Written October 10th, it is among the last pieces she composed before she was martyred by an Israeli airstrike on October 20th.
I Grant You Refuge
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Jun 13, 2025
Poems by Parnia Abbasi, a 23-year-old Iranian poet killed by Israel today:
Parnia Abbasi (2002-2025)
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Apr 14, 2025
If you submit AI-authored writing, we will permanently blacklist you.
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Apr 14, 2025
a milestone: the first pitch submitted to the magazine that—and there is zero doubt in my mind about this, zero—was AI-written.
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Oct 25, 2023
We're publishing a third installment of messages from Gaza, collected and translated by the Institute for Palestine Studies (@PalStudies). We hope you'll read and share these letters to hear from Palestinians firsthand as they face IDF attacks.
Letters From Gaza, Part 3
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Apr 22, 2022
Journalist Jesse Singal has made a career out of “just asking questions” about gender dysphoria in youth. His arguments have proven appealing to reactionaries eager to demonize trans people, writes M.K. Anderson. proteanmag.com/2022/04/22/sin…
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Jan 5, 2022
Hanif Abdurraqib's poem (@NifMuhammad) "ALL THE TV SHOWS ARE ABOUT COPS" is now viewable by all readers.
ALL THE TV SHOWS ARE ABOUT COPS
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Mar 1, 2024
This brief lyric from poet and translator Noah Mazer serves as the quintessential "Liberal Poem for Palestine."
Liberal Poem for Palestine
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Oct 15, 2023
The Institute for Palestine Studies has been translating these messages so that the world can see the humanity buried under the rubble and the spirit of resistance of the Palestinian struggle. To help maximize their reach, we're republishing them here.
Letters From Gaza
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Nov 5, 2019
The Elizabeth Warren campaign has deployed an enormous balloon dog as part of a broader initiative to inundate the Internet with memes. Here's co-editor-in-chief Tyler Walicek on why it all sucks. proteanmag.com/2019/11/05/big…
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Dec 8, 2023
Fargo Tbakhi (@YouKnowFargo) writes with a reflective essay on the role and duty of writing amidst a genocide. How do hegemonic priorities dictate style, content, and status? What can words do for Gaza, when words are also the vehicle of cruel ideology?
Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide
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Nov 3, 2023
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We are beyond grateful to Huda Fakhreddine (@FakhreddineHuda) for her incredible translation from the original Arabic.
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Nov 1, 2025
From the pages of Protean Magazine Issue V: Contra Temps ---
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Feb 27, 2025
In this essay, Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bhandar explore how the ideology of real estate has come to find direct geopolitical expression in Trump’s drive to acquire territory as property—starkly exemplified by Trump's egregious “Gaza development plan.”
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Slumlord Empire
In this essay, Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bhandar explore how the ideology of real estate has come to find direct geopolitical expression in Trump’s crass drive to acquire territory as “property”—a...
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