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Reflections on a career spent writing about various subcultures full of people who know better than I do
Here come the rejoinders from the professional nerds: “Oh, everyone knows that pro wrestling match took place in 1983, not 1982. And t...
The second appearance of this legendary article (The Pitt News, February 2009)
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Christopher Brook on the bench
Christopher Brook is a Raleigh-raised “double Tar Heel” (UNC undergrad and law — it’s big deal in the “Old North State!”) who served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals from April 2019 through December 202...
The work of classic literature
Naomi Kanakia is the author of three young adult novels (Enter Title Here, We Are Totally Normal, and Just Happy To Be Here) and the literary novel The Default World (Feminist Press, 2024). Her short fiction...
In December 2003, a fan named Jordan (pronounced “Jor-dan” because ab-so-lutely) wrote to Strong Bad, the luchador-masked antihero of Homestar Runner, and asked what he’d be like if he weren’t “the stylish, buff, handsome man in a wrestling...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
get some size on you | Scenery Hill, PA native | columnist for UnHerd, RealClear, Washington Examiner, & The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette + regular contributor to The Ringer, The Paris Review, Men’s Health, &c.| ♉ | 700-pound deadlift most of the time
Jacob Savage is a ticket scalper and very occasional writer who lives in Los Angeles.
Oliver Traldi is a philosopher and writer.
Naomi Kanakia is the author of four novels and of a non-fiction book about the classics. She also writes a (somewhat) popular literary newsletter called Woman of Letters.
Founder and editor-in-chief of The Art of Manliness and host of the AoM Podcast.
Law Professor, worker advocate, and former Philly blue collar worker and Teamster residing in St. Louis, MO. I'm the grandson of a coal miner and my labor views are complicated.
Notes from The Human Driven Road
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