Entertainment, Weakly

Nothing to See Here

An accidental craft talk about the Midwest

Apr 27 • Patrick Nathan

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March 2026

The War on Terror Comes Home

To label dissent as terrorism is the most extreme example of disqualification, the dominant aesthetic of our time.

Mar 11 • Patrick Nathan

25

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December 2025

Another Year of Reading

Opinions and Confessions

Dec 30, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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The Horror of the Husband

Anna novels, Emma novels, and the original romantasy: fiction about affairs

Dec 9, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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November 2025

Recreating the Creative Act

Why is anyone watching Peter Hujar's Day?

Nov 4, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

27

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October 2025

The Province of Hacks

To want to write well: sometimes you can feel the need for it or urge toward it, like running your tongue along your teeth.

Oct 16, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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September 2025

The Unclaimed Moment

Living with the internet is living with a memory machine.

Sep 16, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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The Future of Criticism

They do, it turns out, build statues to critics.

Sep 9, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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We're Back!

And so are paid subscriptions

Sep 5, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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August 2025

Soul Searching (Reprise)

With its overtone of loss, nostalgia isn't homesickness, but time sickness.

Aug 14, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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July 2025

L’Age de l’écran

The United States is probably the ur-example of what happens to a country when you use consumer technology to take society apart.

Jul 22, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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June 2025

Pride and Paperbacks

and an excerpt from The Future Was Color

Jun 10, 2025 • Patrick Nathan

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