Articles Written By Choire Sicha
TMN Contributing Writer Choire Sicha is the coproprietor of The Awl.
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The Non-Expert
Are Your Cats Really Adorable or Just Regular Adorable?
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we show you the 50 questions on this year’s census you didn’t see coming.
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The Non-Expert
Fear of Flying
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we help an airline passenger determine the best day and time to book a flight.
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Op-Ed
Would You Like Havarti With Those Freedom Fries?
Embassies have been torched, several people have died, ignorance flows from all corners—all for a few cartoons less intelligible than your average “Cathy” strip.
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Web
Killoggs
I don't even remember how they all know each other any more. But for more than five years now, I've voyeuristically watched a gang of pals who quietly sort-of blog...
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Books
The New New Journalism
The New New Journalism (freshly out in paperback) is 19 interviews with nonfiction writers. In each, we learn in a new way how insane and creative people are. These folks keep 194...
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The Non-Expert
The East Coast Olive Conspiracy
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we answer an age-old question about green and black olives, and more importantly, and why New Yorkers can’t get green olives on their pizza.
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The Non-Expert
Breastfeeding a la Carte
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we dive into that testy political swamp where culinary and maternal matters mix juices: When is breastfeeding (in)appropriate in restaurants?
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The Non-Expert
Dear Santa
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we answer a late, incoherent letter to Santa Claus that was mistakenly delivered to our offices.
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New York, New York
French Film, French Film
A New York filled with memories. A New York filled with Mallomars. Mallomars filled with, er, you get the picture.
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New York, New York
Ronald Reagan and Reading Proust
In a town of A-list-worship and ever younger, hotter scribblers, the New Yorker Festival is a two-day freak-out for all things scribed. Our reporter braved the lit-sters for every reading he could schmooze his way into, including the now-infamous Wolfowitz riots.
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The Non-Expert
Broken Hearts
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we explain the many steps of recovery after your heart’s been ripped out, stepped on, and sold for scrap.
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Gallery
The New York City Tattoo Convention
In a generation, body art has gone from subversive to suburban, so it now takes a lot more ink to stand out. Choire Sicha and photographer Geoffrey Badner document the hardcore at this year’s Tattoo Convention.