CULTURAL COMMENT
A Culture of Lechery - On the Leer and Predation in Fashion and Hollywood, Business of Fashion
Our Little Fantasy Lives - On Instagram, James Bond, and modern day Walter Mittys, The Awl
The Great Escape - The Hazards of the Over-described Self, and Wanting to Get Away, The Awl
The Image Economy - We Could Be Making A Brave New World, And Yet..., Business of Fashion
On Magazines and Celebrity Culture, The Awl
On Our Cult of Competition, Guernica
The United States of Bullies, The New Republic
Of Masters and Men - On LA, Its Gurus, and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, Los Angeles Review of Books
Middle Aged Marauders - On Revenge Movies, New York Times
Hackers on Film - Telling Monsters from Folk Heroes, New York Times
Once More Down the Rabbit Hole - On Oliver Stone's JFK, Los Angeles Review of Books
Models in the Movies, New York Times
Apocalypse, on Film, New York Times
Johnny Depp's Native American Roles, New York Times
Sofia Coppola and The Bling Ring, The New Republic
On Chris Wallace’s Debate Night Debacle (and being confused with the internet’s villain for a day), Mr Porter
CRITICISM
Geoff Dyer Stalks Andrei Tarkovsky in Zona, The Daily Beast
Sons of Chicago; Memoirs by Aleksandar Hemon & Michael Hainey, The Daily Beast
Roughing it with Jonathan Franzen and Farther Away, The Daily Beast
PERSONAL
Off the Grid - On My Football Playing Career, The Paris Review
Time Out - On Concussions, CTE, Depression, and Football, The Paris Review
In My Father's Kitchen, The Paris Review
To Rome, With Pops, Wherever
“I’ll Be Fine,” Our Family’s Recipe for the Perfect Thanksgiving
The Escape Artist, The Paris Review
Schoolyard on Fire - Coming of Age During the LA Riots, The Atlantic
True Blue - On Sam Shepard, Hero Worship, and The Perfect Pair of Jeans, Grailed
Afterlife - On Biggie, Me, and Self-Mythology, The Paris Review
The Thief's Journal, The Paris Review
A Star Turned - Les Deux Cafes in Los Angeles, The Paris Review
In the Tub, Guernica
LIVING
Returning to Vietnam 15 years after I moved there, Travel + Leisure
In search of time in Babylon, Baghdad, and Samarra, Iraq, Neptune Papers
Going the full Poirot onboard the Hiram Bingham and Andean Explorer in Peru, Departures
In Search of Hidden Hawaii, How to Spend It, Financial Times
Hot springs and health spas in Northern New Mexico, How to Spend It, Financial Times
The Other Side of Paradise; On the complicated cultural perception of French Polynesia, Departures
A brush with mortality on the edge of the Masai Mara, Departures
Visiting the Roman ruins and the Hotel Palmyra in Baalbek, Lebanon, Cabana Magazine
On the Existential Crisis of Cooking for One, Esquire
Literary Excursions - Learning to Travel, New York Times
Eternity Itself - Instagramming Venice, The Awl
Consumed by Appetite - On Our Diets, Media and Otherwise, The Awl
In Pursuit of the Perfect Body, and everything else, Mr Porter
Apartment Hunting in New York City, Mr Porter
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