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This is a literary magazine for people who think seriously but don’t need to prove it with footnotes. We publish prose that cuts, essays that question, and social commentary we find vital.

The Serrate was started by an artist and a librarian. That partnership is what this magazine is built on: the belief that indispensable ideas and compelling art shouldn’t require a decoder ring or institutional affiliation to appreciate.

We’re not dumbing anything down. We’re just refusing to dress it up in the emperor’s new clothes of academic obscurity. If an idea can’t be explained clearly, maybe it’s not as clever as it thinks it is.

This magazine exists because we believe critical thinking belongs to everyone. We’re interested in what’s happening in culture right now—the art, the arguments, the movements that are shaping how we see the world.

Sharp ideas, clear language, no pretense. That’s the promise.

Welcome to The Serrate!!