Archive - The Substack Octopus

How we all became institutionalized

Jun 26 •

May 2025

“Does the angle of two walls have a happy ending?”

May 26 •

Eighty years of terrifying powers

May 8 •

April 2025

Reasons to be Cheerful

In praise of very long lists and very big bands

Apr 30 •

Why is so much of life frittered away on joyless, unpaid chores?

Apr 22 •

From Caché to Adolescence

Apr 3 •

March 2025

The unexamined ubiquity of computers in K-12 education

Mar 17 •

Translate This! Episode 2

A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux

Mar 6 •

February 2025

Tastes Like Sugar

America's war on human flourishing

Feb 24 •

Bracing for Impact

From the 20th century to the 21st

Feb 3 •

January 2025

Uneasy suburban souls

Jan 28 •

Translate This! Episode 1

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Jan 16 •

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