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New York City, August 1, 2017
New York City, August 1, 2017
★★★ The freshly washed sidewalks were reeking. A man plucked at his t-shirt to flap air into it on the subway platform. Each leg of the…
Tom Scocca
Aug 2, 2017
There’s Always Death To Look Forward To
There’s Always Death To Look Forward To
Nihilist Arby’s and the cheerful nihilism of the internet
Angela Brussel
Aug 2, 2017
Brief Interviews with Germans I Have Offended
Brief Interviews with Germans I Have Offended
Deutschland über us.
Rebecca Schuman
Aug 2, 2017
Beans, Beans, They’re Good For The Planet
Beans, Beans, They’re Good For The Planet
This one weird swap could save earth.
Silvia Killingsworth
Aug 2, 2017
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The Strangers Nextdoor
The Strangers Nextdoor
How not to love thy neighbor
Katie Lambert
Aug 3, 2017
I’ve Been Busy Thinkin’ About Elgar
I’ve Been Busy Thinkin’ About Elgar
Classical Music Hour with Fran
Fran Hoepfner
Aug 3, 2017
A Poem by Maggie Smith
Poor Sheep
The Awl
Aug 3, 2017
Views From A Cafe
Views From A Cafe
Notes on life
Liana Finck
Aug 2, 2017
New York City, July 31, 2017
New York City, July 31, 2017
★★★★ The subway station had breathed in fresh atmosphere, but the train car was a rolling hotbox, and the effects of it would not wear off…
Tom Scocca
Aug 1, 2017
A Sestina Written In The Same Amount Of Time It Takes David Brooks To Write His Column
A Sestina Written In The Same Amount Of Time It Takes David Brooks To Write His Column
(Fifteen minutes.)
Sarah Miller
Aug 1, 2017
Five Years Of Crab Rangoon
Five Years Of Crab Rangoon
No piece of writing has captured the essence of Stephen A. Smith better than a viral tweet imagining him at P.F. Chang’s
Dennis Young
Aug 1, 2017
New York City, July 30, 2017
New York City, July 30, 2017
★★★★★ The light was unstoppable, thrusting everywhere into the shade. Bare limbs moved in dazzling curtains of sun. The people in exercise…
Tom Scocca
Jul 31, 2017
Everything That Rises Must Pivot To Video
Everything That Rises Must Pivot To Video
“Sometimes I just watch TV for the commercials” —actually a lot of us
Silvia Killingsworth
Jul 31, 2017
Odd Lots: Curious Objects Up At Auction
Odd Lots: Curious Objects Up At Auction
Creepy folk art, Stephen Colbert’s desk, and a James Joyce LP
Rebecca Rego Barry
Jul 31, 2017
Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?
Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?
And other answers to questions you didn’t ask
JIM BEHRLE
Jul 31, 2017
How To Say “Suck My Own Cock” In Italian
How To Say “Suck My Own Cock” In Italian
and French and Spanish and Portuguese
Silvia Killingsworth
Jul 31, 2017
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