27
Nov
Fraught feast / Foul-weather friends
Amy Kurzweil's dread repast, and respiration strategies from Parker Molloy
issue-210
27
Nov
Radical Breathing
26
Nov
Platform shoos
The world axes the X, by Fahad Shah
issue-209
26
Nov
Retweet in Retreat
25
Nov
Majority tyranny / Ancient grease
Nathan Schneider considers οἱ πολλοί, and Miles Klee on an unhappy meal
issue-208
25
Nov
Democracy Against Democracy
25
Nov
Twenty-One Reactions to Seeing Those Assholes Eating McDonald’s on a Private Jet
22
Nov
Penis in the sky
Talia Lavin considers the cave
issue-207
22
Nov
I Am Ready to Move to A Cave to Explore the Orphic Mysteries
21
Nov
Getting ahead / Getting away
Arwa Mahdawi on ambition, and Amy Chu's Candace Chen gets in a pickle
issue-206
21
Nov
How To Get Ahead
20
Nov
Gusts of meaning
Luke O’Neil on losing your balance in a storm
issue-205
20
Nov
By the intensity with which something is being said
19
Nov
Furry interloper / Edible impostors
Anna Merlan’s nomadic roommate, and a public service matrix from Trevor Alixopulos
issue-204
19
Nov
Be Our Guest
18
Nov
Reading fundamentalist
Maria Bustillos on the defense of Western Civ
issue-203
18
Nov
Closing Time
15
Nov
Auto-tune autocrat
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún explains the coming political meme
issue-202
15
Nov
T-Pain is Coming
14
Nov
Tidings of the season
A sestina from Sam Thielman
issue-201
14
Nov
Late Fall
13
Nov
Final insult
Jennie Rose Halperin traces the poisonous roots of celebrity culture
issue-200
13
Nov
The Trump Era of Joan Rivers
12
Nov
Swedish sparkles / A hopeless position
Diana Moskovitz takes a break in Stockholm; Amy Chu at the Boston Palestine Film Festival
issue-199
12
Nov
A Night at the ABBA Museum
12
Nov
Film Review: No Other Land
11
Nov
Be a pal
It doesn’t really matter what you call it, says k.e. harloe
issue-198
11
Nov
What Friends Are For
08
Nov
Above the fray
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd at a billionaire’s election watch party
issue-197
08
Nov
Like Common People
07
Nov
Longtime listener / Believe in books
John Saward on the tribe of Mike Francesca, and Maria Bustillos on saving libraries
issue-196
07
Nov
The Sage of Long Island
07
Nov
Readers: Raise Hell
06
Nov
Laughable leadership / Wretched results
Jídé Salawu on Nigerian tomfoolery, and a poem on this day by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
issue-195
06
Nov
A Jokeland Called Nigeria
06
Nov
The Day Chaos Won Again
05
Nov
The darkest hour / Braced for the future
Laurie Woolever on worsening situations; plan to plan with Felipe De La Hoz
issue-194
05
Nov
Notes On Planning
05
Nov
Corroded Chains
04
Nov
Pull the lever / Feel the change
Hydras on the ballots; dread and loveliness with Luke O’Neil
issue-193
04
Nov
What Else to Vote For
04
Nov
Not Coming Back
02
Nov
Protest, vote
Jonathan M. Katz and Maria Bustillos on the Tuesday of our discontent
issue-192
02
Nov
Yakkin’ About The Election
31
Oct
Brawl and response / Really racist
Tommy Craggs on ultra-violence in the NBA; Arwa Mahdawi reviews ‘The Message’
issue-191
31
Oct
Shooting the Messengers
31
Oct
Two Decades of Pacification in the NBA
31
Oct
The Flytrap Opens Up
30
Oct
Corrupted image / Journalistic integrity
David Roth’s identity issues; Parker Molloy on the Bezos fracas
issue-190
30
Oct
Jeff Bezos Thinks Washington Post Readers Are Idiots
30
Oct
I Am Not Sam Bankman-Fried
29
Oct
Happier returns
Self care for next Tuesday, from Gabriel Snyder
issue-189
29
Oct
Election Night Step 1: Turn Off the TV
28
Oct
Bullheaded memory
Into the maze with Zito Madu
issue-188
28
Oct
Enter the Minotaur
25
Oct
Money talks / Yankees prevail
Tom Scocca considers Bezos’s cowardice; John Saward on the agony of baseball
issue-187
25
Oct
Jeff Bezos Endorses Donald Trump
25
Oct
In Play, Run(s)
24
Oct
Spooky civic spirit
Ooh, scary!
issue-186
24
Oct
Bare-Bones Democracy
23
Oct
Treasure squandered / Treasures preserved
Brian Hioe covers a march in Taipei, plus some Hydras visit the Internet Archive
issue-185
23
Oct
Keeping Election Receipts at the Internet Archive
23
Oct
The Speed of War
22
Oct
Subtle signals / Blaring warnings
Ana Marie Cox is lying down and Trevor Alixopulos is sleuthing
issue-184
22
Oct
All Curled Up
21
Oct
Losing the terrain / Breaking into comics
Carrie Frye with Asheville updates, and Denny O'Neil’s last-ever interview, with Josephine Riesman
issue-183
21
Oct
Maps to Follow
18
Oct
Flight delayed
17
Oct
Shelf portrait
An L.A. afternoon with Maria Bustillos
issue-182
17
Oct
Sam: Johnson’s Book Shop on Venice Boulevard
16
Oct
Link rot cured
An uplifting message from The Editors
issue-181
16
Oct
Buy The Awl Book
15
Oct
Hard bargains / Restricted browsing
Jídé Salawu buys some things, and so does Shirley Wang
issue-180
15
Oct
Shopping and Its Discontents
14
Oct
Bonded by minibus
Different ways to get married, by Yemisi Aribisala
issue-179
14
Oct
Danfo Nuptials
11
Oct
Running away
Luke O’Neil reckons with wildness and decay
issue-178
11
Oct
Out of our misery
10
Oct
Up from the depths / Wash like a man
Allegories with Jennie Rose Halperin, and new fiction from Miles Klee
issue-177
10
Oct
Animal Control
10
Oct
Jonah and Erica and the Whale
09
Oct
AI grave robbers / Office agony aunt
Talia Lavin on real forever loss, and Rax King on Ask a Manager
issue-176
09
Oct
Checking in With the Boss
09
Oct
Steal Back the Ghost From the Machine
08
Oct
Embittered sweets / Rebuilding Babel
Delectably complex pie from Emily Flake, and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on AI translation
issue-175
08
Oct
New Frontiers in Language Technology
07
Oct
Rustic retreat / Soft, savory treat
Hamilton Nolan, survivalist; Laurie Woolever, also surviving (on party food)
issue-174
07
Oct
If I Was in the Woods
07
Oct
Party All the Time Sandwiches
04
Oct
Complete catastrophe
Carrie Frye, reporting from Asheville
issue-173
04
Oct
The Root Bar After the Flood
03
Oct
Moved to mortification
Images of self-harm, considered by Sam Thielman
issue-172
03
Oct