Advance Copy features exclusive excerpts from forthcoming books by leading novelists, essayists, poets, artists, and scientists.

Along with debuts and other special projects, the distinguished alumni of the Pioneer Works Residency program elucidate the forces that drive their work.

Embedded is a series of writings on the moving image. Artists, musicians, and writers choose a piece of media—embeddable on a web page—and elaborate on why it has lodged itself in their psyche.

In the 1990s, astronomer Joe Patterson self-published a zine he called "Big Apple Astronomy." In this column, Patterson brings back his beloved daily guide to sky-viewing with a new calendar every month.

In Three-Way Mirror, Claire L. Evans talks to artists, musicians, and writers to buck the hype and hysteria surrounding AI.

Playing off Wallace Stevens's poem "13 Ways of Looking," this column aligns with an author's book release by inviting the writer to elaborate on a selection of images that shaped their work.

What are the worlds of knowledge inside a bio-acoustic, spectrogram, a mathematical diagram, or an illustrated equation? Picture This is a column in which scientists describe the power of drawings.

Heaven Tonight is a new series of erotic stories that transgress the conventions of desire. Authored by artists and writers, each story offers its own perspective into the effects of passion, shame, lust, loathing—and all things sex-driven. Curated and edited by Micaela Durand.

In Scientific Controversies, we tackle complex, conceptual, occasionally amorphous topics like animal consciousness and string theory. To watch is a feast. 5 Takeaways is a snack, an amuse-bouche for the mind.

In collaboration with Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery, Graveyard Shift proposes a new way of interacting with the space of the cemetery by activating it through sight, sound, and movement.

In three installments from her in-progress book "The Four Spent the Day Together," Chris Kraus dives deep into the small-town dramas of Hibbing, Minnesota—in the state’s Iron Range—leading up to a homicide on a snowmobile trail.

In this regular column, geographer and Broadcast contributing editor Joshua Jelly-Schapiro roams through his favorite maps from history to examine the scientific, social, and psychological significance of cartography.

Expanding on the annual Press Play Fair at Pioneer Works, the Press Play column showcases independent publishers and record labels that radically build new creative infrastructures.

Beyond The Box is a four-part series that considers the realities of mass incarceration through the lens of art and activism.

Take an insider glimpse into New York City with the chefs of the blockbuster Pioneer Works Supper Club: tips on local spots, dining deep-dives, and all celebrations of city life.

Strange Futures is a column hosted by Willa Köerner of The Strange Foundation, which features artists and organizers who are actively creating transformation in this moment.

Hosted by Emmanuel Olunkwa, The Object Talk engages in conversation with artists and thinkers who incite change within their respective fields, to gain insight into the unique ways they engage with the world.