Esquire has long had a mantra: “man at his best.” And over the decades, as American culture has twisted its way through one radical shift after another, the magazine has enthusiastically embraced its mission of doling out advice on how to achieve that Platonic ideal of manhood—whatever it happened to be at the moment. But delivering such sage instruction to our readers is arguably more challenging than ever. We can’t offer guarantees, but we feel confident that if you do this stuff, you won’t come away with regrets. |
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Jesus H. Christ in the VIP room, can we leaven the coverage of D.C.’s Burning Man with some acknowledgement of what a ridiculous cattle drive this is? |
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The oldest stories in the world are love stories. Boy meets girl; girl shares her campfire; they live happily ever after, two cave people against the cruel world. In the millennia since, the form has only improved and multiplied—now our bookshelves are packed with tales of joy and heartbreak, love and loss, breaking up and making up. So when we asked five extraordinary writers to submit works of short fiction contained on cocktail napkins, we gave them this prompt: “Write a love story.” The results remind us why love stories are the backbone of modern fiction. The proof is spelled out in the writers’ own handwriting. |
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All the (ahem) buzz about the top options on the market. |
| Bad news: The FX series will likely never see a second season. Good news: We found plenty of dramas to fill the hole in your heart. |
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I’m not going to spoilChallengersfor you, but I am going to spoil which sneakers are worn in the tennis drama. The final ten minutes of the movie are undoubtedly the most intense and important, and as I teetered on the literal edge of my seat—torso pitched forward, elbows on my knees, intently focused on everything happening onscreen—I noticed something. A flash of white amid the chaos of a life-defining tennis match. There they were, right on the feet of Mike Faist: a pair of Roger Pro sneakers by Swiss brand On. |
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