Asher Elbein

Asher Elbein

Jun
10
Everything's Riverdale

Everything's Riverdale

A fox in the wood spurs thoughts on forests and the worth of trees. Plus: a deep dive into the psychosexual undercurrents of Archie Comics.
18 min read
Jun
03
A Toast For Armenia

A Toast For Armenia

A clinic on the art of the toast. A dispatch from Armenia and the nature of faith and deep time.
20 min read
May
27
The Empire is a Predatory Forest

The Empire is a Predatory Forest

Trees, like empires, wear against one another. Empires, like trees, are never quite so separate from one another as they like to claim.
12 min read
May
20
Do Birds Matter? (Monsters are Creatures of Borders)

Do Birds Matter? (Monsters are Creatures of Borders)

"A future that would not be monstrous would not be a future; it would already be a predictable, calculable, and programmable tomorrow."
16 min read
May
13
This is Not A Dinosaur

This is Not A Dinosaur

As generally used, “dinosaur,” like “tree,” or “sabre-toothed cat,” isn’t reflective of a specific biological lineage so much as a way of life.
12 min read
May
03
Let us contemplate the heat death.

Let us contemplate the heat death.

Introducing the subject, space-time location, and patron deity of this publication.
2 min read