Places · Example
The last print shop on the street
A visit with the family who still sets type by hand, and the customers who keep them busy.
By Author Name · 7 min read
Issue 18 · San Antonio · Example
Issue 18 · Profiles · Example
The case for a slower week.
Why the best stories in this city take months to report, and what we lose when we hurry them.
Common Thread · By Author Name · 11 min read
Ideas · Example
A tool worth keeping
Why one plain hammer outlasted three shiny ones.
By Author Name · 4 min read
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Profiles · October 3 · Example
Meet the person behind the counter
Places · September 26 · Example
A street you should walk slowly
Ideas · September 19 · Example
What we learned from the quiet year
Profiles · September 12 · Example
The apprentice’s first year
Places · September 5 · Example
The garden behind the library
Essay · Example
Notes from a kitchen on South Alamo
The restaurant opens at six, but the cooks arrive at four. By the time the first customer sits down, the day’s argument about salt has already been settled.
“A kitchen is a small town that opens and closes every day.”
Nobody writes this down. It is passed along at the pass, between orders, by whoever happens to be standing nearest.
From the archive
Issue 17 · Summer · Example
A summer of small kitchens
Issue 16 · Spring · Example
Notes on starting over
Issue 15 · Winter · Example
The case for a smaller house
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