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Jesse Lichtenstein

Business Politics

Do We Really Want to Live Without the Post Office?

How the USPS works.

Jesse Lichtenstein Esquire Feb 2013 40min Permalink

Media

A Whimsical Wordsmith Charts a Course Beyond Twitter

Jonny Sun created a beloved, mega-popular alien character on Twitter. Now he’s trying to figure out everything else.

Jesse Lichtenstein New York Times Magazine Jun 2017 10min Permalink

Arts

The Smutty-Metaphor Queen of Lawrence, Kansas

A profile of the internet’s poet, Patricia Lockwood.

Jesse Lichtenstein New York Times Magazine May 2014 Permalink