Who was the human being behind the legend?
Can't get no satisfaction? I've got some ideas!
On the highs, lows, and heartbreaks of a life of words, and why I'm attempting to get back into it.
Rick Steves is wrong, and my life's work is a failure.
Investigating the evolution of a zombie social-media account.
Let's talk about Impostor Syndrome for travelers.
A celebrated German novelist wrote a great book—that no one wants to admit exists.
The secret recipe for literary genius—revealed at last after 100 emails!
On falling in love with a tossed-off phrase, and what that says about writing—my own and everyone else's.
Enough with optimization! It's time to embrace creative freedom, un-train our brains—and accept the consequences.
If you gotta catch them all, you might as well catch No. 1. But what do we mean by "the best" anyway?
Turns out women don't like unequal marriages and sexual assault. Crazy, huh? My solution: Let's redefine masculinity out of existence.
We all want to escape from the spiral of short-form videos and doomscrolling. But goddamn is it tough! Luckily, I've got some hard-won advice.
A closer look at the Beehiiv newsletter economy, and all of our roles within it.
It's not as sexy or as obvious as the Roman Empire, but the Hellenic world is a stealth influence on today—one that's rearing its alien head with new frequency.
Sarcasm, irony, and pessimism are easy—too easy for this difficult moment. But what else is there?
Once they brought "ethnic" cuisines together on a single menu. Now they're frozen in time. What happened, and can they be revived?
For me, learning to cook meant learning to freestyle. Now, when I come face-to-face with precise instructions for a dish, the results aren't always pretty.