What I learned (or didn't) at Condé Nast.
Jul 17, 2025
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Food
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I'm not a lumberjack, but I'm okay.
Jul 14, 2025
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Maculinity
Just kidding: You don't have a say in the matter.
Jul 3, 2025
AI
An argument for the most uncomfortable emotion.
Jul 1, 2025
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Memory
I've always thought of it as a last resort—but how do we know when we've reached the end? And honestly, why wait?
Jun 12, 2025
Travel
In the mid-1990s, Phuong Anh Nguyen made Q Bar the most important bar in Vietnam—and possibly the world.
May 29, 2025
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So you should read them
Certain patterns catch the eye and trap the brain in ways no other brother can deny.
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Fashion
A Q&A with 'Andor' writer Tom Bissell on narrative structure, quick deaths, and getting T-boned by Star Wars history.
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Writing
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As a travel writer and a New Yorker, I'm supposed to say "on foot." I'm starting to think that's wrong.
Apr 24, 2025
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I keep running in search of an answer. I might even find it.
Jun 25, 2025
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