Aug 6, 2026

Volume 99 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Brad and Mira see The Odyssey in IMAX 4DX...Mira buys front row tickets, doesn't tell Brad...Brad has a birthday...goes to baseball game...meets an alcoholic gambling addict...the odd American phenomenon of obsessing over the possibility of Trump shitting his pants in the Oval...

Aug 4, 2026

⁠Sophie Elmhirst⁠ is the author of the bestselling book ⁠A Marriage at Sea⁠, now available in trade paperback from Riverhead Books.

Elmhirst is an award-winning journalist who writes regularly for The Guardian Long Read and The Economist; her work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker

Jul 30, 2026

Volume 98 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira moves into her new apartment...the movers stole her underwear?...she's now in debt to Erehwon...invites Brad to 4DX screening of The Odyssey...Brad's wife and daughter have Covid...he takes a trip to a dystopian CVS...despite all his rage, Angry Adam is still just a rat in...

Jul 28, 2026

⁠Claire Vaye Watkins⁠ is the author of the novel ⁠Yellow Pine⁠, available from Riverhead Books.

Her other books include the story collection Battleborn and the novels Gold Fame Citrus and I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness. She has received the Story Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the New York Public Library's...

Jul 26, 2026

A new Craftwork conversation with ⁠April Dávila⁠, author of ⁠Sit Write Here: 6 Mindfulness Practices to Help You Write More and Suffer Less⁠ (St. Martin's Essentials).

April Dávila is an award-winning author, speaker, and writing coach. Publishers Weekly called her debut novel, 142 Ostriches, a...