Kate Wagner's newsletter offers long-form criticism of buildings, books, and cultural artifacts, with a sharp, witty voice and a focus on suburbia and the built environment. Recent issues also cover her move into fiction writing and her reflections on digital life and the state of criticism.
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Long-form essays that read Italian buildings, monuments and gardens slowly, tracing how layers of history, restoration and invention shaped what visitors see today. Mixes archival detail, on-site observation and personal travel narrative, with practical visiting guidance.
Each issue pairs a historic postcard with a present-day recreation photo to explore a building, monument or artwork and the history behind it. It covers modernist architecture, public monuments and urban history with detailed context on architects, patrons and artists.
A reflective travel journal that uses walks through English and Japanese places to explore memory, impermanence, freedom and beauty through a Platonist and continental philosophical lens. Readers get essayistic meditations that pair concrete landscapes such as castles, abbeys and island architecture with thinkers like Fromm and classical Japanese poetry.
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