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Work

In Praise of Idleness

An argument for working less.

Bertrand Russell Harper's Oct 1932 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Soil"

A hotel serves as a site for discreet abortions.

Arianna Reiche Joyland Magazine Nov 2020 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Good Boy"

Hustling and sexual identity in Lagos.

Eloghosa Osunde Paris Review Oct 2020 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "To Keep the Ghosts Away"

Two Southern neighbors form a layered bond.

Frederica Morgan Davis storySouth Oct 2020 35min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Townie"

Details of a quarter-life crisis.

Sarah Walker BULL Magazine Sep 2020 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Mighty Oak"

A hockey player's life spirals out of control.

Jeff W. Bens Guernica Sep 2020 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Smoke at the End of the World"

Construction work, measured in bad habits.

Dustin M. Hoffman DIAGRAM Aug 2020 Permalink

On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs

An essay on meaningless work.

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David Graeber died on Wednesday

David Graeber Strike! Aug 2013 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Green Frog"

An artist struggles with family loss and complexities.

Gina Chung Split Lip Magazine Aug 2020 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sweet Scoundrel"

A double life across two cultures.

Diana Xin Electric Lit Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Parks and Wildlife"

An encounter with a bear opens a strange world of self-discovery.

Joshua Shaw Third Point Press Aug 2020 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "And It Goes Running"

The summer of a teenage werewolf.

Caroline Diorio Joyland Magazine Jul 2020 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Even If All Fall Away, I Will Not"

A queer Black man's chance encounters.

Brandon Taylor them. Jul 2020 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "People"

Growing up indigenous in Detroit.

Ron Riekki jmww Journal May 2020 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Request"

A young woman in a dead-end job searches for direction.

Jerilynn Aquino Passages North Feb 2020 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Nobody Girl"

A flight attendant caught between various loves and worlds.

Hana Mason Little Fiction Feb 2020 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "You Will Never Be Forgotten"

Surviving sexual assault in a rapidly digitized world.

Mary South The New Yorker Jan 2020 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "For the Love of Dior"

A gay Costa Rican shopowner navigates family turmoil and political upheaval.

John Manuel Arias Barren Magazine Jan 2020 15min Permalink

Business Tech

My Life as a Robot

The author, who works remotely, and her evolving relationship with her physical representation at the office: “an iPad on a stick on a Segway-like base.”

Emily Dreyfuss Wired Sep 2015 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "My Mother, An Ouroboros"

A mother and son navigate hope and setbacks.

G.M. Rosa Catapult Dec 2019 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Juan, Actually"

A night of various crises and personal reflection.

Christopher Gonzalez Berfrois Nov 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Lost Day"

A violinist's intersection of talent, music, and desire.

DeMisty D. Bellinger Barren Magazine Oct 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Old School"

A father struggles with old and new parenting techniques.

Jane Snyder BULL Magazine Sep 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Gas Station"

An Indian-American journalist navigates racism in the midst of a crime investigation.

Chaya Bhuvaneswar Barrelhouse Jun 2019 10min Permalink

Reprints

Women at Work

Interviews with a receptionist, a factory worker, and others about life on the job.

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A Longform Reprint excerpted from Working.

Studs Terkel Ramparts Apr 1974 20min Permalink

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