Summer 2026 · Issue 1
Inaugural Edition
July 2026 · 60 pages
This is where Genuine Article begins.
Inside: a solo cycling journey through Kyoto, eagles returning to an American river, three bullocks and a lion sharing a hillside, a meditation on robots and hunger, portraits from Ellis Island, and a letter from the editor to close it out. Reported first-hand, in words and photographs, by writers and photographers from around the world.
What's Inside
Letter from the Editor — Patrick Boyle
Founding editor Patrick Boyle introduces Genuine Article's mission of ‘low-tech joys in a high-tech world’ and previews the issue's travel theme.
A Wobbly Line Is a Treasure — Kevin Scott Davis
Musician and artist Kevin Scott Davis makes the case for imperfect, unerasable direct-ink drawing as a deliberately human counterpoint to AI-polished art.
A Solo Cycling Journey in Kyoto — Miki Ogura
A Tokyo mother recounts a solo day of e-bike exploring in Kyoto — shrines, pottery shops, bookstores — and what the rare solitude gave her.
Under the Aspect of Eternity
Genuine Article interviews critic Sven Birkerts on wisdom, elders, and how the internet's acceleration has eroded personal agency and ‘soul.’
The Eagles Are Back — Lawson Chapman
A Montana morning bike ride to check on a pair of wintering eagles becomes a meditation on slowing down and setting boundaries with devices.
On a Tanzanian Hillside — Gwen Bradbury
A doctor living in rural Tanzania with her children reflects on a local greeting custom and what it reveals about how Western kids are taught to fear strangers.
Robots Know No Hungers — Patrick Boyle
A family's search for a good meal in a small Welsh town, guided by locals instead of an app, becomes an argument for hungers only humans — not machines — can feel.
Three Bullocks and a Lion — Aesop
A reprinted 1919 Aesop's fable, illustrated by Milo Winter, about the cost of losing unity.
The Day I Learned the Difference Between Fear and Risk — Kevin Martin
A former Apple employee traces a decade of deliberately chosen fear — from climbing Mount Rainier to leaving his career — and what it taught him about real risk versus everyday anxiety.
Spring Awakening in the Forest — Anna Dumanski
A Finnish family's spring walk in the melting forest becomes a small case study in unstructured outdoor play and what it teaches kids.
Portraits of the World at Ellis Island
A photo essay of Augustus Sherman's 1905 Ellis Island immigrant portraits, taken by the registry clerk who worked there for over three decades.
Travels with Charley
A recommendation of John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, his late-career cross-country memoir born from feeling estranged from the America he once wrote about.
Little Rebellions Everywhere — Patrick Boyle
Editor Patrick Boyle closes the issue by framing the act of reading a print magazine itself as a small, meaningful rebellion against a screen-saturated culture.
Specifications
- Pages
- 60
- Size
- 7 × 10 in (178 × 254 mm)
- Binding
- Perfect bound
- Interior
- 170gsm silk paper, full colour
- Cover
- 300gsm matte silk
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