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Internet writers are standing on each others’ shoulders just so they can be first.
Laur M. Jackson
3 days ago
The Detail From The Gawker Party That No One Is Talking About
The Detail From The Gawker Party That No One Is Talking About
The New York Times, W Magazine, and Politico all missed it.
Silvia Killingsworth
3 days ago
Can the Academic Write? — Part I
Can the Academic Write? — Part I
A conversation about style with David Wolf, commissioning editor at The Guardian Long Read.
jo livingstone
3 days ago
Top 10 Brooklyn Baby Names, 2017
Top 10 Brooklyn Baby Names, 2017
Sneer if you want but the long tail on this is going to be amazing.
Alex Balk
4 days ago
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New York City, August 11, 2016
New York City, August 11, 2016
[No stars] There was blue in the sky but the humidity had not receded. The heat was prickly on the skin; the air resisted being inhaled…
Tom Scocca
2 days ago
The Olympics of National Mottoes
The Olympics of National Mottoes
Because every nation had to pick some words, and some are better than others
Jared Spears
2 days ago
Gawker Media Blogs, Ranked
Gawker Media Blogs, Ranked
A listicle without commentary
Alex Balk
2 days ago
What Should The Olympics Sound Like?
What Should The Olympics Sound Like?
A brief history of the Olympic song
Bécquer Seguín
3 days ago
Tegan and Sara, “Hang on to the Night”
Tegan and Sara, “Hang on to the Night”
It’s a flying roach kind of weekend.
Alex Balk
3 days ago
New York City, August 10, 2016
New York City, August 10, 2016
★ The first daylight, long before the alarm went off, seemed to have come from a blue sky, but by proper waking time there were only clouds…
Tom Scocca
3 days ago
A Poem by Justin Jannise
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The Awl
4 days ago
LNRDCROY, “Ooze City”
LNRDCROY, “Ooze City”
The weather will finally be as awful as the rest of your life is.
Alex Balk
4 days ago
New York City, August 9, 2016
New York City, August 9, 2016
★★★ A cloud shaded the first block of the walk to the subway, as if things might not be bad, but full sun dogged the way down the steps. It…
Tom Scocca
4 days ago
The First Trans Woman in Western Fiction
The First Trans Woman in Western Fiction
‘Nightwood’s Dr. Matthew O’Connor was gender dysphoric.
Timothy Beck Werth
4 days ago
How Much TV Is Too Much TV?
How Much TV Is Too Much TV?
Fill my screens. Fill them all.
Alex Balk
4 days ago
Everything Sucks, Watch Some Bears
Everything Sucks, Watch Some Bears
Bad news < bears
Alex Balk
5 days ago
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