Travis Mushett

Travis Mushett was the editor-in-chief of Blunderbuss Magazine from its inception in 2012 until its demise in 2018. He holds a Ph.D. from the Columbia University School of Journalism where he wrote a dissertation about contemporary little magazines. Learn more about Travis' projects and escapades at travismushett.com, and feel free to hit him up via email at tmushett@gmail.com.

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  Essays

  It Happened Here

  But the fight has only just begun.

  By Travis Mushett
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  Essays

  The Berlin Blues

  A dead friend. An orphaned novel. An escape to the playground on the Spree.

  By Travis Mushett
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  Essays

  Fragments of Charlie

  I am not Charlie Hebdo. I am with Charlie Hebdo.

  By Travis Mushett
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  Shrapnel

  Your Holiday Think Piece

  A surreal journey into the internet's jabbering maw.

  By Travis Mushett
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  Shrapnel

  Thirteen Ways of (Not) Looking at a Crime Scene

  Celebrity nudes. Decapitated journalists. Beatings on elevators. When should we look, and when should we avert our eyes?

  By Travis Mushett
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  Essays

  Revolutionary Twee?

  A new book claims that twee culture is politicizing the youth and changing the world for the better, but can sweaters & sweetness really fix what ails us?

  By Travis Mushett
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  Shrapnel

  Choice Excerpts from the 1935 Writers’ and Artists’ Year Book

  Spoiler: Poets didn't make any money then either.

  By Travis Mushett
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  Essays

  Coping with Chaos: Unreadable Avant-Garde Fiction and the Art of Political Conversation

  How do we talk about Tristano when every copy is different? The same way we talk about the world.

  By Travis Mushett
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  Shrapnel

  The Lost Guest Appearances of Frank Underwood

  A single TV show can't hold his ambition.

  By Travis Mushett
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  Essays

  MFA vs. NYC vs. n+1?

  n+1's new book surveys the landscapes of NYC and MFA, but what of the independent magazine culture beyond them?

  By Travis Mushett
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  Shrapnel

  An Advent Calendar of Millennial Ennui

  25 days of generational malaise.

  By Travis Mushett
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  Essays

  On “On Smarm”

  Gawker spent 9,000 words trying to justify its snarkiness. It failed.

  By Travis Mushett