Edited by Jamie Allen, Paul Boshears, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, A. Staley Groves, and Nico Jenkins.continent. journal [http: //continentcontinent.cc/index.php/continent/index] maps a topology of unstable confluences and ranges across new thinking traversing interstices and alternate directions in culture, theory, politics and art.continent. Year 1 comprises a selection of issues 1.1-1.4 collects a variety of thoughts and tropes from the 2011 issues of continent., ranging from work on Greek poetry to deep brain recordings, from speculative realism to the fragments as a unit of prose, and from queer theory to mass murder. This collection presents the fruits of an intense collaboration throughout the different zones of the Academy.With contributions by Jamie Allen, Alain Badiou, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, A. Staley Groves, Graham Harman, Nikos Karouzos, Evan Lavender-Smith, Renata Lemos-Morais, Feliz Molina, Timothy Morton, Gregory Kirk Murray, Maggie Nelson, Michael O'Rourke, Gilson Schwartz, Ben Segal, Nick Skiadopoulos, Karen Spaceinvaders, Phillip Stearns, John van Houdt, and Ben Woodard