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Articles Written By Hugh Ryan

Hugh Ryan is a freelance writer and full-time wanderer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Tin House, The Daily Beast, and other places. He is a nonfiction reader for the literary journal A Public Space, and he received his MFA in Nonfiction from The Bennington Writing Seminars.

Personal Essays

Not for Navigational Purposes
by Hugh Ryan
Maps are useful in jungles, classrooms, and when you need to cross a bombing ground during a storm. But they’re pointless when love implodes.
The Novice

How to Do Astrology
by Hugh Ryan
Those who can’t do, learn. In this installment of our series in which the clueless apprentice with the experts, we divine meaning from the heavenly bodies.
Opinions

My Country, My Train, My K-Hole
by Hugh Ryan
There are plenty of good reasons to ride a train cross-country, but for our correspondent and his attention index, hitting the rails has one purpose: to escape the merciless internet.