What a Pack of Cigarettes Costs, State By State

by Noah Kulwin

A Guide to Visiting Iceland on July 16th, 2014

by Emmet Stackelberg

A Poem by Sara Sutter

by Mark Bibbins, Editor

The Changing Snow Chicken

A type of grouse. A game bird whose 
 name originates from imitation
 
 of all the grumbling he does — “his 
 song is more like a croak” — thus few souls go
 
 within earshot. The Changing…

This Week in Lines

by Jake Gallagher

Jeff Koons Retrospective, The Whitney — July 25th, 4:06PM

Never Ever Ever (Ever) Get Lost Again With Hertz NeverLost

by Awl Sponsors

Brought to you by Hertz

If you’re like the average car renter, chances are you usually skip paying for the GPS option and instead rely on your handy smartphone…

New York City, July 31, 2014

★★★★ Destabilized, opening the gates for the fall from paradise. Dark gray filled the sky to the west, while…