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How to feel better about doing nothing right now.

How to feel better about doing nothing right now.

By Corinne Segal | May 7, 2020

Jenny Odell and Wendy Liu on Liberating Ourselves From Usefulness

Jenny Odell and Wendy Liu on Liberating Ourselves From Usefulness

"I don't always need a purpose for everything."

By Jenny Odell | April 13, 2020

On Contemporary Minimalism's Maximal Lies

On Contemporary Minimalism's Maximal Lies

Andru Okun Reads Kyle Chayka, Jenny Odell, and Oli Mould

By Andru Okun | January 17, 2020

Swimming Through Writer's Block at an Icelandic Public Pool

Swimming Through Writer's Block at an Icelandic Public Pool

Amanda Whiting on a Residency in the Town of Laugarvatn

By Amanda Whiting | November 1, 2019

A Poet's Case for Wasting Time

A Poet's Case for Wasting Time

Kayo Chingonyi on Setting Aside the Imperatives of Late Capitalism

By Kayo Chingonyi | October 10, 2019

Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Kate Angus on the Importance of Fallow Periods

By Kate Angus | September 24, 2019

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