All stories published by The Awl on July 22, 2015

All Stories published by The Awl on July 22, 2015

The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

EER-IH-DOH-CIH-CLY-TISSSS

by Helen Holmes

The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

How to Fall Asleep With Your Phone

by Lindsay Robertson

The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

Still Looking for the Song of the Summer

by Vijith Assar

Alex Balk in The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

Moses Sumney, “O Superman”

Alex Balk in The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

Feminism Assessed

i love taylor but she is the dove real beauty campaign of feminism

— Jessica Roy (@JessicaKRoy) July 22, 2015

Is it possible to not fully understand something 100% but still feel the righteousness of its essential truth? Because that may be what’s happening here, to me.

Alex Balk in The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

Seeing Van Gogh

“It has become harder over the last 130 years or so to see Van Gogh plain. It is practically harder in that our approach to his paintings in museums is often blocked by an urgent, excitable crescent of worldwide fans, iPhones aloft for the necessary selfie with Sunflowers. They are to be welcomed…

matt buchanan in The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

Long Old Wood Hotly Desired

“By now, as shelter-magazine readers and Pottery Barn customers alike know, reclaimed wood — salvaged from sources that include bourbon tanks and mushroom farms — has gone mainstream. In the case of New York City, salvaging wood also means salvaging the city’s past…. Some of the…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

E.L. Doctorow, 1931–2015

“E. L. Doctorow, a leading figure in contemporary American letters whose popular, critically admired and award-winning novels — including ‘Ragtime,’ ‘Billy Bathgate’ and ‘The March’ — situated fictional characters in recognizable historical contexts, among identifiable historical…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Jul 22, 2015

Terrible Thing Has Upside

“Facebook Use Not Always Tied to Poor Body Image, Risky Dieting”

July 21, 2015

July 23, 2015