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Finishing a book about a tent city. 2022 Whiting Non-Fiction Grantee. Words in NYT mag, New York, etc, contributing editor @Harpers, visiting prof @ColumbiaMFA

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Wes Enzinna is Deputy Editor of Vice Media. He has written for the New York Times Magazine, Harper's, and the London Review of Books.

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Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town

Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town

One problem with Treece, Kan., is that the ground keeps caving in. It has happened more than a hundred times …

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Man Underwater

Man Underwater

Discussed in this essay: Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan, by William Hjortsberg. …

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LRB · Wes Enzinna · In Varna

LRB · Wes Enzinna · In Varna

Plamen, a popular name for Bulgarian boys, comes from the proto-Slavic noun polmen, meaning 'flame' or 'blaze…

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On John Ross

On John Ross

Before John Ross died this January, he asked his family and friends to do the following with his ashes: Scatt…

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The Profession That Does Not Exist

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By Wes Enzinna Verified, Philip Connors, Bertrand Cooper
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In the fall of 1971, Wallace Stegner, who was running his eponymous fellowship at Stanford, offered the writers in his program some financial advice. The Stegner Fellowship, which included a $3,500 annual stipend—the equivalent today of about $28,000—was one of the most prestigious an early-career writer could receive.
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Homelessness, Empty Houses, and Eric Adams

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By Wes Enzinna Verified
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“Every New Yorker deserves dignity, and we are demonstrating that this is possible,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams in May of 2022, shortly after rolling out an initiative to remove homeless encampments throughout the five boroughs. In the following months, Adams implemented other policies—including involuntary hospitalizations for the mentally ill and/or homeless—that granted more power to police and less to the unhoused.
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By Patrick J. Deneen, Francis Fukuyama, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, Wes Enzinna Verified
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Franchise Freedom Franchise Freedom, a drone sculpture by DRIFT that mimics the flight pattern of starlings. DRIFT’s work is on view through April at Storage, in Seoul. © The artists and Art Basel 2017. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York City. Photographed By James Harris Seance Seance, a painting by John Robinson, whose work is on view at Galerie Kandlhofer, in Vienna. © The artist.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

intern at Harper's magazine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, still do.

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