Kinfolk has always encouraged the art of living intentionally—of carving out one’s own corner and existing thoughtfully within it—but for Issue Fifty-Two, we’re flipping the script and exploring the powerful…

Kinfolk has always encouraged the art of living intentionally—of carving out one’s own corner and existing thoughtfully within it—but for Issue Fifty-Two, we’re flipping the script and exploring the powerful currents that can seep in and sway our decision-making: power, money, politics and, well, other people. In Issue Fifty-Two, you’ll find Kaitlin Phillips, the indie New York publicist with it-girl energy whose job is to manufacture influence for her creative clients. Then there’s Anna Sorokin, who, under her alias, Anna Delvey, manipulated a remarkable sum of money out of Manhattan’s elite. Later, we meet fashion model Dennis Okwera, who, having escaped the brutality of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, has spearheaded a philanthropic foundation to uplift his community. Elsewhere, we discuss the upcoming presidential election with Waleed Shahid, a senior political strategist behind campaigns for Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, visit the internet’s favorite chef Alison Roman and take Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved pet and muse Choupette on a summer vacation.