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Critical Thinking

Lindsey Adler
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Welcome to Critical Thinking. I am an avid explorer of the ways in which people interact with one another and with music, film, and visual art.

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Latest Issues

The Conga Line

David reads his essay on side A of this record. Amy reads it on side B.

Earlier this week, The Small Bow published my very long profile of David Foster Wallace’s only sibling, Amy.

It’s quite surreal to me that this story exists — and tha...

12 days ago
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The Holy Mountain

A year ago today, I was sitting in my local movie theater watching Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain. It was my 35th birthday and I was sunburned, directionless, and alone.

At the end of the stupidest (complimentary) two hours of my...

a month ago
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Lunacy

I have this image framed in my home. NASA photos are open-source.

Sometimes at night when I am looking at the moon, I think about our earliest ancestors staring at the same bright rock in the same dark sky. I think about their primitive li...

2 months ago
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Eat Your Heart Out

is she giving away her skinnypop lol

It’s a rare event for me to be mad that I was right about something. Unfortunatley I sent these texts to friends this time last year:

March 12, 2025: “ok i have a psychotic theory that may literally ju...

2 months ago
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News to Peruse

Close-up on Jacob’s Ladder by Helen Frankenthaler

Let’s keep it simple — here is a big list of stories that have stuck with me lately. I hope you find something you didn’t know was out there, or didn’t know you would want to read.

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    I'm a writer who lives in Brooklyn with a dog and my regrets. I spent 10 years covering sports, but I am obsessed with books, music, visual art, and the people who create them. My curiosity is endless. My love of writing is, too.

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