Ava Dwyer
My thoughts on psychoanalysis, art, artificial intelligence, film etc.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Aug 24, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 16, 2026
Latest issues
Why I Decided to Be Woke (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Everyone knows college isn’t real life. Entering my freshman year at one of the most liberal universities in America, during the height of COVID-19 and “peak woke 1.0,” definitely felt more like a fever dream than real life. During my first year, you were suspended or expelled for having someone other than your roommate in your room or for “gathering” off campus. Lonely nerds and hall-monitor scolds would regularly tip off the police about bonfires in the woods or illicit house parties. Those sa
A Novel From 2024 Already Needs Footnotes (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Subscribe nowShareFor the past few days I’ve been plucking my way through the 1986 edition of the Best American Short Stories, when I have down time at work. The 1986 volume was edited by Raymond Carver, champion of a populist American
Why is Gen Z Suddenly Catholic? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Subscribe nowShareI grew up going to Catholic mass each Sunday. My father was from an Irish-Catholic family of eight from the south shore of Massachusetts. My mother’s side was also Catholic and from the Azorean Portuguese/Brazilian diaspora of the Fall River area. Everyone around me grow
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.