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The World Turned Upside Down
June 28, 2022
The frontispiece from the 1646 pamphlet, The World Turned Upside Down. There is a famous quote included in nearly every history of the English Civil Wars....
Sobre la Cultura del Odio
June 22, 2022
Editor’s Note:Yesterday we published the English version of a speech Talia is delivering in Barcelona this week. Today, for our Spanish readers, we hope...
Sobre la Cultura del Odio
June 22, 2022
Editor’s Note:Yesterday we published the English version of a speech Talia is delivering in Barcelona this week. Today, for our Spanish readers, we hope...
Notes on the Culture of Hate
June 21, 2022
Editor’s Note:Happy first day of Summer, and welcome back to the Sword and the Sandwich. This week, Talia is in Europe, celebrating the Spanish translation...
Notes on the Culture of Hate
June 21, 2022
Editor’s Note:Happy first day of Summer, and welcome back to the Sword and the Sandwich. This week, Talia is in Europe, celebrating the Spanish translation...
Vacation Notice!
June 7, 2022
Dear sword-wielders and sandwich lovers! I’m taking two weeks off to work on the book I’m supposed to be writing, whose deadline has been inching nearer and...
Vacation Notice!
June 7, 2022
Dear sword-wielders and sandwich lovers! I’m taking two weeks off to work on the book I’m supposed to be writing, whose deadline has been inching nearer and...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XXII
$ · June 5, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX and XXI “Landscape with a...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XXII
$ · June 5, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX and XXI “Landscape with a...
Notable Sandwiches #28: The Cemita
June 3, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongide my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
Notable Sandwiches #28: The Cemita
June 3, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongide my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
Hopeless and Hopeful
May 31, 2022
America’s shit sundae The person I’ve thought about most over the past week is a woman named Christa Brown. It’s been a bad few weeks. A bad few years,...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XXI
$ · May 29, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, and XX The parcels seemed...
Notable Sandwiches #27: Caviar
May 27, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongide my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
Notable Sandwiches #27: Caviar
May 27, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongide my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
A Country That Devours Its Children (Audio)
May 25, 2022
I thought I would record an audio version of today’s piece. Let me know if you find it useful and would like more such recordings.
A Country That Devours Its Children (Audio)
May 25, 2022
I thought I would record an audio version of today’s piece. Let me know if you find it useful and would like more such recordings.
A Country That Devours its Children
May 25, 2022
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes painted “Saturn Devouring His Son” in a period of madness that consumed his latter years. It was then that the Spanish master...
A Country That Devours its Children
May 25, 2022
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes painted “Saturn Devouring His Son” in a period of madness that consumed his latter years. It was then that the Spanish master...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XX
$ · May 22, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, and XIX “Софія Київська (Sophia of...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XX
$ · May 22, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, and XIX “Софія Київська (Sophia of...
Notable Sandwiches #26: Canadian Hot Chicken
May 20, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
Notable Sandwiches #26: Canadian Hot Chicken
May 20, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
White Supremacy's Warped Rationale
May 17, 2022
In the aftermath of any mass slaughter in this country, the conversation turns, in desultory fashion, to the issue of mental illness. Tucker Carlson,...
White Supremacy's Warped Rationale
May 17, 2022
In the aftermath of any mass slaughter in this country, the conversation turns, in desultory fashion, to the issue of mental illness. Tucker Carlson,...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XIX
$ · May 15, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII and XVIII “Mother by the oven” by Marc...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XIX
$ · May 15, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII and XVIII “Mother by the oven” by Marc...
Notable Sandwiches #25: The Carrozza
May 13, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
Notable Sandwiches #25: The Carrozza
May 13, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
Hope and Woe and Roe v. Wade
May 10, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Radish seedlings (Talia Lavin Private Collection) I find myself unable to stop planting things. Most of the seeds I’ve sown haven’t...
Hope and Woe and Roe v. Wade
May 10, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Radish seedlings (Talia Lavin Private Collection) I find myself unable to stop planting things. Most of the seeds I’ve sown haven’t...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XVIII
$ · May 8, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, and XVII “С рыбалки (From Fishing)” by Boris...
Notable Sandwiches #24: Butterbrot
May 6, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
This Was Always a Holy War
May 3, 2022
Edited by David Swanson “The Nightmare” by Henry Fuseli (1781) The people who make the bad laws always talk about God, I notice, especially when they’re...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XVII
$ · May 1, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, and XVI “Лесной ручей (Чернолесье) (Forest Stream)”...
Notable Sandwiches #23: Bun Kebab
April 29, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, nibble week by week through the bonkers...
My Week with the Witches
April 26, 2022
Author’s Note:I love writing this newsletter—or, well, I enjoy sending off the missives once I’m done agonizing over them, at any rate—and I love the...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XVI
$ · April 24, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, and XV “Cheder” by Irving Amen, 1958 In the morning, the...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XV
$ · April 17, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV “Village” by Marc Chagall, 1975 Chapter 7 The days grew...
Passover!
April 15, 2022
Spring blossoms Hey y’all, I’m taking off this next week to celebrate Passover. For one thing, writing about sandwiches during a period of leavenless...
Child Brides and the "Grooming" Lie
April 12, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Some months ago I wrote about the “Critical Race Theory” panic sweeping school boards and slate legislatures, a fact-free but...
Child Brides and the "Grooming" Lie
April 12, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Some months ago I wrote about the “Critical Race Theory” panic sweeping school boards and slate legislatures, a fact-free but...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XIV
$ · April 10, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIII A man, in a muffler cap and sable hat, thrust his head in...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XIV
$ · April 10, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIII A man, in a muffler cap and sable hat, thrust his head in...
Notable Sandwiches #22: Broodje Kroket
April 8, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
Notable Sandwiches #22: Broodje Kroket
April 8, 2022
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the demented and mysterious...
How to Deface a Swastika
April 5, 2022
Edited by David Swanson The final mast(r/place) on Reddit Over the weekend, I—along with a few million other people—became transfixed by an experiment on...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XIII
$ · April 3, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII When the congregation rose to engage in silent prayer, Yossel...
Morning and Evening, Pt. XIII
$ · April 3, 2022
Previously: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII When the congregation rose to engage in silent prayer, Yossel...
Morning and Evening: Editor's Note
$ · April 2, 2022
If last week’s installment of Talia’s novella seemed somewhat disjointed, or even post-modern, this was an unintended consequence of an editorial snafu on my...
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