The team behind The New Inquiry is always mutating and evolving, and it’s about time we reveal the latest additions. Meet our new friends:

Adrian Chen
Associate Editor

As a staff writer at Gawker, Adrian has single-handedly uncovered some of the Internet’s deepest, darkest secrets, including the facts behind @Horse_ebooks and the identity of Goatse. He’ll be bringing his talents, knowledge, and ongoing feud with Reddit to the TNI editorial team.

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Teju Cole
Blogger

Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College and author of the award-winning novel Open City, Teju has set a new standard for micro-criticism with his Twitter account. Whether he’s assaulting the white savior industrial complex or composing his “small fates,” he can say as much as anyone can with 140 characters. At TNI Teju is going to use a few more words for his visual culture blog Double Take.

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Emily Cooke
Literary Editor

As a critic, Emily’s writing has appeared everywhere good literature is reviewed, including The Believer, The New York Times, and elsewhere. Emily’s writing first appeared on our site with her essay, The Lonely Ones. Having gone without a dedicated literary editor for many months, Emily is set to reinvigorate TNI‘s take on contemporary fiction.

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Jesse Darling
Art Editor at Large

One of today’s most discussed digital artists, Jesse’s multimedia work interrogates gender, identity, and performance on- and off-line. As an essayist, she has written for TNI about digital flanerie, and now we’re proud to announce she’ll be heading up the Features section.

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Elizabeth Greenwood
Contributing Editor 

A Columbia writing instructor and essayist for The Atlantic and The Believer, Liz has been one of our featured contributors for ages. She has written on film, television, and mean girls for TNI, and now she’s stepping up to Contributing Editor. As the undisputed funniest writer on staff, look for Liz to actively improve our sense of humor.

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Erwin Montgomery
Associate Editor

Erwin has been a crucial part of TNI for some time now under the name Anton Steinpilz. He has written on topics from comparative earthquake response to poetry in the age of precarity, but Erwin is ready to come out and assume his rightful place on the board under his given name.