Aaron Lake Smith

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  • May 12, 2025
    At seventy-two, Tolstoy was the most famous writer in Russia, well into the beatific, heretical Christianity he had discovered during his spiritual crisis two decades earlier. Maxim...
  • May 6, 2025
    On the one hand: haven't we had enough? Do we really need to hear about the empty lives and unsatisfying relationships of the Brooklyn cold-brew class ever again? 8/10ths of all...
  • March 25, 2025
    The retreat center was attached to a grand, turn-of-the-century hotel, straight out of The Shining, manned by a skeleton crew for the winter. Wandering the grounds, I poked my...
  • March 13, 2025
    I remember before turning thirty, I used to stay up all night doing nothing—just biting my nails and watching my life pass, grabbing for any frame of reference to hold on to,...