Essays

Criers and Kingmakers

A response to Ross Barkan's "The End of Prestige" on how it's never been about the prizes.

May 18 •

Rhyme Henry Davis

The End of Prestige

Into the blue again, after the money's gone.

May 4 •

You'd Hate Van Gogh

Fighting the feeling you'd be worth more dead as an artist.

Apr 9 •

John Halo Rates the Slogans

A review of the past ten years of American sloganeering.

Mar 23 •

Rob the Übermensch

Nietzschean edgelords and the ghosts of scenes past and future.

Mar 5 •

The Chungus Era

An autopsy of irony-left literary fiction and an analysis of the author Patricia Lockwood.

Mar 1 •

Thoughts on the end of paralysis and the idea of living in halves.

Jan 27 •

Last Day on Earth

A holiday rumination on childhood daydreams and human connection.

Dec 25, 2024 •

Field Guide to Quarterlives

An introduction to the new collection from Cairo Smith.

Nov 20, 2024 •

Forging Turboliberalism

A proposal on remaking the Democratic party and outflanking the GOP.

Nov 19, 2024 •

Stop, Don't Use That Pen Name!

A critique of anonymity among the online literary set.

Nov 8, 2024 •

Daniel Gavilovski

Dread and Delirium in Ramot

A Celsius-and-alcohol-fueled trip to a West Bank Ultra Orthodox settlement.

Oct 11, 2024 •

Nathan Eitingon

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