Top stories published by The Awl in October of 2009

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Tom Scocca in The Awl

Oct 8, 2009

Reading Mark Greif’s Recent ‘N+1’ Piece In Real Time

You weren’t the only ones with lots of things to say on the topic of On Repressive Sentimentalism, in which, well….

Tom Scocca: Wow, this n+1 thing is PROFOUNDLY ARGUABLE.

The Awl

Oct 16, 2009

“Smut, Please”! The Fabulous Online Universe of ‘Twilight’ Fan Fiction, in Which Edward and Bella Get It On and On and On

by Natasha Vargas-Cooper

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 13, 2009

“The Basic Problem Here Is That You Are Wrong”: The Collected Letters of Tom Scocca and Keith Gessen

Here are the last few thousand words on the topic of a new essay by Mark Greif in n+1. (The piece, On Repressive Sentimentalism, was published last week. I…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 26, 2009

A Graphic History of Newspaper Circulation Over the Last Two Decades

Every six months, the Audit Bureau of Circulations releases data about newspapers and how many people subscribe to them. And then everyone writes a story about how some newspapers declined some amount over the…

Melissa Saleh in The Awl

Oct 23, 2009

Why the ‘Saw’ Movies Are the Most Important Films Ever Made (No, Really)

The Awl

Oct 7, 2009

Come On People, Your Halloween Costume isn’t Going to Make Itself

by Abe Sauer

The Awl

Oct 27, 2009

Footnotes of Mad Men: Misfits, Horse Meat and Clark Gable

by Natasha Vargas-Cooper

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 28, 2009

Matthew Hiltzik: Where to Even Start?

This profile of PR man Matthew Hiltzik today-and Hiltzik’s relationship with his client Glenn Beck-is a fascinating thing. Hiltzik leapfrogged from Miramax to the New York office of Freud Communications to a time when he went missing in Florida for a while to his…

The Awl

Oct 20, 2009

Your Halloween Costume: A Bigot

by Abe Sauer

The offensive costume is a Halloween staple. Because some people, you just can’t reach teach. Combine a need for attention with alcohol and some markers and duct tape and sometimes you get something great. Sometimes you get something…

The Awl

Oct 21, 2009

A Friendly Chat, with Logan Sachon: Chris Andino, Our Man in Libya

by Logan Sachon

I met Chris Andino my first semester at the University of Virginia. He was the managing editor of the weekly humor and news magazine, and I was a first-year staffer. Dino, as…

September 2009

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These were the top 10 stories published by The Awl in October of 2009. You can also dive into daily archives for October of 2009 by using the calendar at the top of this page.