In Praise of Idleness
An argument for working less.
Work
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Soil"
A hotel serves as a site for discreet abortions.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Good Boy"
Hustling and sexual identity in Lagos.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "To Keep the Ghosts Away"
Two Southern neighbors form a layered bond.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Townie"
Details of a quarter-life crisis.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Mighty Oak"
A hockey player's life spirals out of control.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Smoke at the End of the World"
Construction work, measured in bad habits.
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
An essay on meaningless work.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Green Frog"
An artist struggles with family loss and complexities.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sweet Scoundrel"
A double life across two cultures.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Parks and Wildlife"
An encounter with a bear opens a strange world of self-discovery.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "And It Goes Running"
The summer of a teenage werewolf.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Even If All Fall Away, I Will Not"
A queer Black man's chance encounters.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "People"
Growing up indigenous in Detroit.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Request"
A young woman in a dead-end job searches for direction.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Nobody Girl"
A flight attendant caught between various loves and worlds.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "You Will Never Be Forgotten"
Surviving sexual assault in a rapidly digitized world.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "For the Love of Dior"
A gay Costa Rican shopowner navigates family turmoil and political upheaval.
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.”
Fiction Pick of the Week: "My Mother, An Ouroboros"
A mother and son navigate hope and setbacks.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Juan, Actually"
A night of various crises and personal reflection.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Lost Day"
A violinist's intersection of talent, music, and desire.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Old School"
A father struggles with old and new parenting techniques.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Gas Station"
An Indian-American journalist navigates racism in the midst of a crime investigation.
Women at Work
Interviews with a receptionist, a factory worker, and others about life on the job.
