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Aaron Gilbreath

Seeing Clear to Pismo

Homeless in California’s rural interior

Dec 5, 2021

Seeing Clear to Pismo

Dec 5, 2021

My Failed New Yorker Shouts & Murmur Ideas, Part III: “The End of Shampoo”

I loved this popular satire section of the magazine, so I tried to write some funny satire myself. All my attempts fell flat. Or did they…

Oct 28, 2020

Oct 28, 2020

Removing Beethoven’s Wig: A Classical Music Reading List

AP Photo/Capital City Weekly, James Brooks

Oct 19, 2020

Removing Beethoven’s Wig: A Classical Music Reading List

Oct 19, 2020

Smoking: A Legal Weed Reading List

AP Photo/Richard Vogel

Oct 12, 2020

Smoking: A Legal Weed Reading List

Oct 12, 2020

Down the Rabbit Hole: A Psychedelic Reading List

Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Oct 7, 2020

Down the Rabbit Hole: A Psychedelic Reading List

Oct 7, 2020

A Genre of Myths: A Jazz Reading List

Tommy Potter, Charlie Parker, and Max Roach performing. William Gottlieb/Redferns

Sep 24, 2020

A Genre of Myths: A Jazz Reading List

Sep 24, 2020

Tangled Up in Bob Stories: A Dylan Reading List

Music legends from Tom Waits to Joni Mitchell immediately heard Dylan’s genius in songs like “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands,“ but not me…

Sep 20, 2020

Tangled Up in Bob Stories: A Dylan Reading List

Sep 20, 2020

Unity and Resistance: The Message of Bad Brains

Revolutionary times call for revolutionary music

Jun 20, 2020

Unity and Resistance: The Message of Bad Brains

Jun 20, 2020

Sublime Played Their Most Powerful Song at Their Final Performance

“The Ballad of Johnny Butt” is one of the California band’s most moving songs, even if it’s the least-serious sounding

Apr 3, 2020

Sublime Played Their Most Powerful Song at Their Final Performance

Apr 3, 2020

Why I Love the Japanese Fast Food Chain Matsuya

Inexpensive beef bowls make good friends while traveling in Japan.

Feb 26, 2020

Why I Love the Japanese Fast Food Chain Matsuya

Feb 26, 2020

Aaron Gilbreath

Aaron Gilbreath

Essayist, Journalist, Burritoist. Longreads Editor. Writing: Harper’s, NYT, Slate, Paris Review, VQR, Oxford American, Kenyon Review. 3 nonfiction books.

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