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Life and death at Balthazar

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Boom and echo

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Making babies

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Embracing spectacle, nostalgia, and magnolia leaves.

on Martha Stewart’s 144-page book on wreath making.  

Martha's wreaths

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It’s the friction I’m after.

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Overtones

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"Are we there yet?"

Dirt contributors and friends share their go-to gas station orders. 


Gas Station Orders 

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Pain is beauty.

on a new social category. This is part two of a two-part series.


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Botched pt. 2

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What does it mean to be botched?

on a new social category. This is part one of a two-part series. 

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Botched pt. 1

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The "eco-compassionate" earplug.

Francis Zierer and Daisy Alioto in conversation with Lauryn Menard, the CEO and co-founder of Gob. 

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Mycelium ears

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The people yearn for the grotto.

on the eternal appeal of decorative caves.

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Grottocore

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"So how’d you sleep?"

An excerpt from [Love, Joe: The Selected Letters of Joe Brainard](https://cup.columbia.edu/book/love-joe/9780231203425). 

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Love, Joe

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