Writing Atlas

Cannes Film Festival 🇫🇷🎥🏖️, Remembering Alice Munro, and the F1 Monaco Grand Prix 🏁🏎️

And Microsoft tries to win over entertainment folks with an AI 🤖 pavilion on the beach

May 28, 2024 • Bea Phi, Jennifer 8. Lee, Ariela, Sara Komatsu, and Kevin Payravi

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Mother’s Day Takes 💐, Banned Books Museum 🚫📚, Crookies in Paris 🥐🍪

Why Winnie the Pooh is prohibited in China and the best gnocchi ever

May 13, 2024 • Kevin Payravi, Ariela, Sara Komatsu, Jennifer 8. Lee, Heidi Pitlor, and Bea Phi

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Foreigners Everywhere from Venice to Japan

Also, Jukebox dance show Illinoise moves its sold-out run to Broadway this week!

May 3, 2024 • Bea Phi, Jennifer 8. Lee, Sara Komatsu, and Kevin Payravi

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April 2024

CliFi, Currywurst in Berlin, and Dishoom in London

Coping with the crumbling state of our environment with food from all over the world.

Apr 22, 2024 • Dylan Malloy, Jennifer 8. Lee, Sara Komatsu, Kevin Payravi, Ariela, and Bea Phi

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Totality 🌑, Fairy Tales 🧚‍♂️, and a Taxidermied Merman from China 🧜‍♂️

A very merry mystical week at Writing Atlas.

Apr 11, 2024 • Bea Phi, Vicki Xu, Jennifer 8. Lee, Kevin Payravi, Sara Komatsu, and Ariela

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Best American Short Stories Highlights ✨, Fashionista Dogs 🐕🕶️🐩, and Book Binding in the Rockies 🏔️

An Academy of Book Binding 📖🪡 in the mountains of Telluride, Colorado 🏔️

Apr 3, 2024 • Heidi Pitlor, Jennifer 8. Lee, Bea Phi, Ariela, Sara Komatsu, and Kevin Payravi

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March 2024

LA's Last Bookstore ⌛️📚, Poetic Horror 😱, and Erewhon's $19 Smoothie 🥤

And investigating a matcha fountain 🍵 ⛲️ on the way to SoCal’s Free-for-All

Mar 26, 2024 • Bea Phi, Jennifer 8. Lee, Sara Komatsu, Kevin Payravi, Ariela, and mads gordon

A Forgotten Neon Artist, Immigrant Journeys, and 🥓🍫🥤

That's right: bacon chocolate soda, which we encountered in Texas

Mar 20, 2024 • Chloe Chen, Jennifer 8. Lee, Sara Komatsu, Kevin Payravi, Bea Phi, and Ariela

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The Observations of Wallflowers, 3 Body Problem Cocktails, and Wild Donkeys

The sheer power of quiet observation, Chaotic Era alcohol 🍸 , and Nevada ghost towns 👻

Mar 14, 2024 • Melanie Ritzenthaler, Sara Komatsu, Kevin Payravi, Shirley Wang, Jennifer 8. Lee, and Bea Phi

Metatextuality, Tales of Two Jacksons, and Wyoming’s Antler Arches

Reading Carmen Maria Machado, ElkFest in Jackson Hole, and Jet Fuel Fragrances on Etsy

Mar 5, 2024 • Danielle Sherman, Bea Phi, Jennifer 8. Lee, Sara Komatsu, and Kevin Payravi

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February 2024

Black Futurism, Wynwood Walls, and WikiPortraits at SXSW

Why we love Nisi Shawl, Street Murals, and Creative Commons photographs

Feb 27, 2024 • Cameron Woods, Sara Komatsu, Jennifer 8. Lee, Ted Benson, and Kevin Payravi

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Winter Gothic Tales and Tex-Ethiopian BBQ

George Saunders, Benjamin Appel, and a Dallas Restaurant where Injera meets Brisket

Feb 20, 2024 • Cate Burtner, Bea Phi, Jennifer 8. Lee, and Sara Komatsu

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