Long-form essays on politics, technology and personal reflection, published weekly. Readers get serial essays such as an argument against AGI optimism, an analysis of how constitutions break, and personal letters on life in a small town.
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Personal essays on relationships, thinking, creativity and agency, written from a family life on a Baltic island. Readers get reflective, exploratory writing that works through questions such as why music moves us and how to get unstuck creatively.
Personal essays on rural life in southern New Hampshire, drawing on the seasons, woods, ponds and memory. Each issue is a reflective piece on topics like a 50th high school reunion, autumn at the pond and an abandoned canoe.
Personal essays on philosophy, ideas, American religion and propaganda, mixing memoir with literary and cultural reference. Readers get reflective, carefully crafted writing on attention, fear and how to stay grounded amid political and informational turmoil.
Chisel is a literary magazine and digital newsletter that publishes essays, criticism, reported features and poetry on beauty, obsession and play, with an emphasis on timeless rather than timely work. Recent issues include a long essay on the comic character Concrete and a reprinted poem, plus calls for contributors and updates on its print edition.
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