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The Weekender

“The world was a far more complex and impenetrable place than I had ever realized”

In this edition of the Weekender: a song for the September equinox, a lost photos archive, and the end of baldness

Sep 20 • Substack

“You are a puddle, music is rain”

In this edition of the Weekender: life on Mars, postcard choreography, and some unique meditations

Sep 13 • Substack

“The things we keep silently, but visually tell a story of us. Is this why we keep them?”

In this edition of the Weekender: collecting memories, going back to college, and the history of Kong

Sep 6 • Substack

“She is perfect, but I’m not jealous and I’m not mad, I just love it”

In this edition of the Weekender: worshipping saints and celebs, Sylvia Plath goes back to school, and a reluctant appreciation of cats (and Cats)

Aug 30 • Substack

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Guest posts

Is it cheating if your illicit affair is with AI?

Kat Rosenfield and Kate Lindsay debate

Sep 19 • Substack

All the world’s a store

Emilia Petrarca on the theatrical highs and lows of shopping in the internet age

Sep 15 • Emilia Petrarca

The grift artist

An ode to Donald Boat, the online jester fin-domming CEOs and celebrities

Aug 27 • Mills Baker

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“How else would a body come to truly know our planet?”

An animated essay excerpt

Jul 22 • Erik Winkowski and Kirk Gordon

Who’s going to run New York?

Ross Barkan breaks down the front-runners, the scandals, and the surprises in the city’s unusually crowded mayoral primary

Jun 12 • Ross Barkan

The future of fiction

Naomi Kanakia shares three short stories and thoughts on the new literary scene

May 16 • Naomi Kanakia

The poets of Substack

Maya C. Popa offers a guide to poetry on the platform

Apr 23 • Maya C. Popa

Spring eats, unstacked

Sarah Stanback-Young curates recipes for the new season

Apr 11 • Sarah Stanback-Young