Getting started Welcome to Palimpsest: What We Publish and Why Palimpsest is an independent magazine of essays and criticism on culture and technology. Here is what we publish, how often it arrives, and what a subscription includes...
Getting started How We Edit: The Palimpsest Editorial Process Every essay we publish goes through two full edits, a fact-check, and a final proof. Here is what happens to a piece between the first draft and the day it reaches subscribers...
Getting started How We Organize the Archive: A Guide to Tags Every piece on Palimpsest is filed by tag rather than by section. This guide explains how the tag system works, how to browse by topic, and how to follow the subjects you care about...
Getting started Editorial Roles at an Independent Magazine How a small editorial publication actually runs: what contributors, editors, and the publisher are each responsible for, and why every role ultimately answers to the reader...
Getting started How We Use Private Posts for Works in Progress Before an essay is published, it circulates as a private post: a draft visible only to the editors and a small group of early readers. Here is how that stage works and why we keep it...
Getting started Markdown for Writers: Footnotes and Code A practical guide to the Markdown features we use in every essay: strikethrough and highlights for revision, fenced code blocks, full-bleed images, reference links, footnotes, and inline HTML...
Getting started The Design of Palimpsest: Typography and Layout Palimpsest is designed for long-form reading: a book-weight serif, a measured line length, and a restrained palette. Here are the specific choices behind the page and the reasons for each...
