To mark his 100th birthday, we present a series of five essays inspired by James Baldwin's year in New Jersey.

Writer L. Lo Sontag kicks off the essay series when Baldwin had his mental break(through) in a fine dining establishment in Trenton.

Dense Magazine is pleased to announce the third annual Jersey Art Book Fair, with over 150 exhibitors coming to Jersey City February 21-23,

As Lune Ames writes, the trans-ness of Marsha P Johnson beckons us to reach across, over and beyond genders, streets and categories.

Dense Magazine is pleased to announce the first-ever Jersey Art Book Fair, with over 60 exhibitors coming to Jersey City Jan 28–29, 2023.

In Issue 1, University of Orange offers up their antidote to speeding past and around America’s Main Streets, and it’s music to our ears.

Ask artist and map fanatic Andrew Harrison for directions? He’ll tell you to get lost. Find out why and more cartographic twists in our Q&A.

Co-founder Petia Morozov speaks with design historian Gabrielle Esperdy about the city of the future, and spoiler alert, it's New Jersey.

Author and architectural historian Gabrielle Esperdy gives us her first-person account why New Jersey is one very complicated place to love.

In his Issue 1 essay, photographer David Maisel brings us on a journey down the NJ Turnpike after decades away, to make peace with dystopia.

Designers/educators Brian McGrath and Tommy CheeMou Yang walks us through Issue 1’s pattern book, and why we have central Jersey all wrong.

When climate change ruptures NJ Turnpike’s original plans, what new futures are possible for this mega-infrastructure? Enter the year 2151.

Filmmaker Shayna Strype pulls us deep into the trance state of the NJ Turnpike. This ain't no ordinary commute, so enjoy the ride.