This issue marks the third year of the current editorial group’s work on Public Culture, and I hope we’ve delivered on our promise to update the journal, both substantively and stylistically, while also preserving its role as an outlet for imaginative social research and theory. We’ve made some significant changes, adding the Forum essays, the Public Culture interviews, and a number of new contributors. We’ve also helped to launch a sister publication, Public Books (www.publicbooks.org), which has already reviewed hundreds of works of fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, memoirs, children’s books, apps, and more, generating vigorous debates in something close to real time. I’m happy to report that our readership is growing — not only online but, improbably, in print subscriptions, too. Please help us continue expanding the Public Culture project by spreading the word about the journal and website and by letting us know what we can...

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