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Hilary Mantel’s Perfect Errors
How I spent two years lost in Wolf Hall, and how I found my way out
Sep 10 • Chisel and Brian Howe
Duchamp’s Chess Set
On chess as art, obsession, and the slow education of attention
Sep 8 • Chisel and Jared Henderson
Allegory of the Pit
The Faustian appeal of games that let you beat the house
Sep 3 • Chisel and Dylan Buck
What If You’re Wrong?
Navigating Denis Villeneuve’s labyrinths of misperception
Sep 1 • Chisel and Christian Donlan

August 2026

Spinning
Fiction
Aug 27 • Chisel and Casey C
Unreasonable Books
On the audacity and magic of very long books
Aug 25 • Chisel and Alexander Sorondo
Dream Drop
Virtual worlds are like dreams, informed by reality without being bound by its material constraints
Aug 20 • Hunter Hartman and Chisel
A Hint of Basic
Clare Coffey on her once-and-future signature scent
Aug 18 • Clare Coffey and Chisel
Space and the Screen
On divination, the sky as mirror, and the modern ache of looking without entering
Aug 13 • Chisel and Jacob Riley
Immortal Emeritus
One man’s journey of 100,000 deaths
Aug 11 • Mikhail Klimentov and Chisel
The Tessellation of Virginia Seele
Fiction
Aug 6 • Chisel and Matthew Seiji Burns
Moldavite Wants to Be Free
On crystals, cults, and the high of almost believing
Aug 4 • Katherine Dee and Chisel
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