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Usonia 250
Forget America. The Usonian is celebrating five years of emails.
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Harrison Blackman
The ghost editor
On my shadow career as a book development consultant
Jun 18
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Unpacking Islamabad
A new study of the master plan for Islamabad, Pakistan, using space syntax analysis
Jun 4
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Harrison Blackman
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Bring on the "aquans"
In Kobo Abe's unsung masterpiece, Michael Crichton meets Philip K. Dick
May 21
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Harrison Blackman
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The Iraq Wars
Watching history be written before our very eyes
May 14
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Harrison Blackman
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Clanker City
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Attack of the drones
Food delivery bots are changing the delivery game — perhaps
Mar 5
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Dead clankers tell no tales
A look inside the Tesla Diner, Hollywood's latest flop
Feb 5
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An AI story in the style of... myself
"A blend of atmospheric detail, psychological tension, and speculative unease"
Jan 8
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The more you Waymo
On the robotaxi's arrival—and what it's like to take one
Dec 18, 2025
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"The Cortège" and our ambiguous cybernetic present
Welcome to "Clanker City": an exploration of automation's impact on Los Angeles
Oct 2, 2025
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The World Planner
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Unpacking Islamabad
A new study of the master plan for Islamabad, Pakistan, using space syntax analysis
Jun 4
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Harrison Blackman
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The visionary in the marsh
Doxiadis and the dream of Eastwick, Philadelphia
Mar 6, 2025
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The void and the infinite
The mysterious Lagos Handbook, Rem Koolhaas, and Doxiadis Associates
Jan 30, 2025
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Doxiadis at the turning point
Constantinos Doxiadis and the Marshall Plan in Greece
Jan 2, 2025
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The modern ruins at Porto Rafti
The saga of C.A. Doxiadis' demolished architectural masterpiece
Jun 22, 2023
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Interviews
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The Architect and the Animal
How animals have inspired architecture, as seen in Kostas Tsiambaos' new book
Apr 16
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Harrison Blackman
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Case Q. Kerns's "Habitat"
An inventive debut sci-fi novel reminiscent of David Mitchell and Philip K. Dick
Aug 7, 2025
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Harrison Blackman
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The Wildcat Behind Glass
Karen Emmerich on her new translation of Alki Zei's classic novel
Jun 26, 2025
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Enheduana
Sophus Helle on his translation of the world's first author
May 8, 2025
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Cypria
Alex Christofi's spellbinding journey into Cypriot history
Apr 17, 2025
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Narrative Architecture
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Bring on the "aquans"
In Kobo Abe's unsung masterpiece, Michael Crichton meets Philip K. Dick
May 21
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Notes from 'Grendel'
"The Art of Fiction" may not be the best writing manual for the 21st century
Feb 19
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Harrison Blackman
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The Voyage of the Narwhal
Or, the voyage of the soap opera
Jan 22
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The Master and Margarita
Paratexts, villains and ambiguities in Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece
Nov 13, 2025
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The granddaddy of them all
From "The Thing" to "Prometheus," all sci-fi horror owes Lovecraft a cold one
Oct 9, 2025
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The Iraq Wars
Watching history be written before our very eyes
May 14
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The Sequel Problem
"The Night Manager" Season 2 and messing with a good thing
Apr 23
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Harrison Blackman
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That time I was in a Greek chocolate commercial
The double-edged sword of being a different type of DEI hire
Mar 12
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The ‘First’ Winter Olympics
How Chamonix 1924 iced out a rival Nordic competition
Feb 12
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The last battle in the bone war
How an Ivy League museum met its extinction
Jan 29
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The Cyprus Files
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Contemplating endless war
On Ali Cherri's film about the Cypriot conflict, "The Watchman"
Mar 19
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Famagusta, the eco-city?
Famagusta Collage, Pt. IV: Looking ahead at the future of Varosha
Apr 10, 2025
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Heritage under siege
How USAID's dissolution undermines efforts to preserve global heritage
Feb 13, 2025
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The return
After two years, a homecoming in the island of Aphrodite
Jul 11, 2024
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The architect who wants to be the mayor
A 2022 interview with Giannis Armeftis, candidate for mayor of Limassol
May 9, 2024
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The Attentionauts
My first magazine cover story
May 7
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The Sequel Problem
"The Night Manager" Season 2 and messing with a good thing
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The Architect and the Animal
How animals have inspired architecture, as seen in Kostas Tsiambaos' new book
Apr 16
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Introducing "To-Go Zine"
A charity zine about food culture in L.A. after the 2025 fires
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