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The Current Issue — No. 24, Spring 2026 · Read the magazine
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Ink Ledger
Reporting, argument, and field notes from the Ink Ledger newsroom.
Forty minutes with a magazine is the new luxury. Here's what the data says about attention.
By Sofia Marin
The quarterly is dead. Long live the quarterly — on paper, in pixels, and in your pocket.
By Clara Fontaine