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Colossal in Scale, Appalling in Complexity by B. Alexandra Szerlip
The tiny, meticulous re-creations of golf courses, racetracks, and the fields of war that were the precursors of a sweeping view of the future
American Isolatoby Ginger Strand
How the creation of the United States Highway System led to the unremarked rise of a very American breed of serial killer
Americans Talk About Their Dogs by Ryan & Satchel
“I wouldn’t have said this before, but now I have a tremendous fear of having anything I have to protect.”
Drying in the Wilderness by Tana Wojczuk
The false promises of Manifest Destiny and the individualism of the American West created a mirage in the middle of the desert
On Dodgem Jockeys by Tom McCarthy
Hast thou considered the hired hands on the bumper-car circuit?
Kateřina Šedá interviewed by Darren O’Donnell
The artist who brought a village from the Czech Republic to London describes what it takes to curate entire lives
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Jonathan Lethem microinterviewed by Peter Andrey Smith
Ricky Jay interviewed by Greg Buium
How far can you trust a man who’s a sleight-of-hand artist, card-sharp, actor, and storyteller?
William Connolly interviewed by Jill Stauffer
The political theorist discusses the dangers of pretending that the personal and the political can be separated.
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Ronnie Scott on the BBC’s South Pacific
John Reed on Edward Gorey and Peter Neumeyer
What the Swedes Read by Daniel Handler
Musin’s and Thinkin’s by Jack Pendarvis
Schema: The Many Brows of Wallace Shawn by Megan Roberts
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White Migraine: A new poem by Michael Dickman
Real Life Rock Top Ten by Greil Marcus with a companion Spotify playlist by Karolina Waclawiak
“Comics” edited by Alvin Buenaventura
Stuff I’ve Been Reading by Nick Hornby
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