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which since the early 2000s have served as backdrops for some of the world’s most vibrant urban scenes: Asian Dope Boys in Beijing and Shanghai (by Milia Xin Bi)

—Kamasi Washington

These are accompanied by texts that offer theoretical reflections on contemporary creativity

344 FALL 2023 THE ALWAYS ALREADY subscription The book delves into Wang’sThe title of this fall issue, THE ALWAYS ALREADY, refers to a space that belongs to all of us to the issues artists, authors, and readers. It is a space in which one can listen closely to an artwork, to the solitary and rarified thoughts that leak out. Eventually, those thoughts become a kind of literature. The entangled, gorgeously convoluted relationship between contemporary art and literature curls and spins throughout this entire issue. Precious