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Joseph Bien-Kahn

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Senior Editor, Esses Magazine

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Joseph Grantham @josephgrantham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
my interview with Cincinnati poet F. Keith Wahle is up now at The Paris Review (@parisreview.bsky.social) www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/09...
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Naked at Last: A Conversation with F. Keith Wahle by Joseph Grantham
September 29, 2026 – “When I carried this in from the funeral home, I thought, This is the kind of bag that a magician would make live doves fly out of.”
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 28/09/2026
Some absolutely killer Senna photos on the @essesmag.com homepage right now... “Finding the right framing, lighting and instinct — intuition — sometimes shows the way.” esses.com/stories/ayrt...
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Ayrton and Me: Dominique Leroy on Photographing Senna |
A conversation with the French photographer who spent more than 25 years shooting Formula 1.
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 21/09/2026
Daniel saunters out of the vehicle in blue jeans and an unkempt beard, and fumbles as he tries to open his own Red Bull. “My hands are so cold,” he says. “I can’t even open the freakin’ can.” Is it nerves? Max is grinning ear to ear. Or is it something more? @michellelegro.bsky.social
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Michelle Legro @michellelegro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Have you read Throttled, Full Throttle, Coming Second, First to Finish? I went deep for Esses on the sexy, hard vrooming world of F1 romance. Thanks to @thesundaylongread.bsky.social for featuring it! esses.com/stories/seat...
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Seated Rivalry | Esses
F1 romance novels are often queer, always steamy, and suddenly a big deal for book publishing.
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Longreads @longreads.com · 31/08/2026
"Why would Gerhard Berger lend his name to the driest, cheapest-looking, and least commercial F1 video game ever made?" @duncanfyfe.net for @essesmag.com: esses.com/stories/who-...
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Who Can Solve Gerhard Berger's F1 Quiz? | Esses
The strange story of the weirdest F1 video game ever made.
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 03/09/2026
So hyped to see @michellelegro.bsky.social’s fantastic @essesmag.com feature “Seated Rivalry” getting all the love from @thesundaylongread.bsky.social’s THE LINEUP 🍻🍻
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Mirin Fader @mirinfader.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fortunate to have edited this amazing collection of writers!!! 💜 Please support and preorder The Year’s Best Sports Writing wherever you buy books! Out Oct 6 2026 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 03/09/2026
Chatted with Liam Lawson about ‘Cars’ and meeting his hero Lightning McQueen at Monza. Showed a picture to my 4yo who was interested in my job for the first (and only) time 😂 esses.com/stories/liam...
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Liam Lawson Met Lightning McQueen at Monza. He's Hyped. | Esses
A one-on-one with the 'Cars' super fan at the 2026 Italian GP in Monza. Ka-Chow!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I mentioned the men’s rights movement in passing to my very not-online therapist. Her eyes got enormous and then she said, very carefully, “Do men… not have rights currently?”
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ladies, if he answers your text, he’s not a professional athlete 
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 28/08/2026
Esses Magazine’s Issue 07 cover story on Checo Pérez by the great Jason Motlagh is live online and paywall-free for the moment. Read it! 👇
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 26/08/2026
It’s hard to overstate how much ChatGPT wants to write an article for Esses about “The Unsung Mechanics Behind” [insert Rally race here]. I’m getting like 2-3 pitches about these mechanics every single week…
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 26/08/2026
I need a good nonfiction character study where the biographer might hate his subject (in the style of “A Bright Shining Lie”, “Buckley”, and Caro). Help!
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 26/08/2026
I need a good nonfiction character study where the biographer might hate his subject (in the style of “A Bright Shining Lie”, “Buckley”, and Caro). Help!
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Patrick Sauer @pjsauer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Year ago, filed my first @essesmag.com story (h/t @petecroatto.bsky.social for hooking me up w/ @josephbienkahn.com). 1935 German Grand Prix, balls-to-the-Wall Italian driver Tazio Nuvolari whipped Hitler's Silver Arrow fleet. Please enjoy a humiliating Nazi ass-kicking. esses.com/stories/la-v...
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La Vittoria Impossibile | Esses
The 1935 German Grand Prix was meant to be a show of Nazi excellence. Then Tazio Nuvolari took Hitler’s checkered flag.
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 25/08/2026
The story's online, too, free to read with sign-up: esses.com/stories/who-...
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Who Can Solve Gerhard Berger's F1 Quiz? | Esses
The strange story of the weirdest F1 video game ever made.
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 25/08/2026
This story is incredible. Could not believe we got Gerhard….
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 25/08/2026
New Esses looking 😮‍💨
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 25/08/2026
New Esses looking 😮‍💨
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 11/08/2026
Last year, Willem Marx went out to Singapore to profile Isack Hadjar for the Issue 04 cover of @essesmag.com. It's finally online and it's a great window into what matters to the rising star (spoiler: not a big social media skit guy...)
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The Believer @thebeliever.net · 10/08/2026
In remembrance of Don Nelson, the legendary basketball coach who passed away yesterday at 86, we’re sharing @josephbienkahn.com’s 2025 profile of Nelson, reported from his home on Maui. “Island Time”: www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
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Island Time - Believer Magazine
I call Don Nelson from my rental car, which I’ve parked by some food trucks near the Kahului Airport. It rings through, which means I’m welcomed to the island by a sardonic voicemail: “Hey, you’ve…
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Brigham Tomko @beefalo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Seconding others, this is the definitive Don Nelson profile www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
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Island Time - Believer Magazine
I call Don Nelson from my rental car, which I’ve parked by some food trucks near the Kahului Airport. It rings through, which means I’m welcomed to the island by a sardonic voicemail: “Hey, you’ve rea...
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Absolutely fantastic profile of him here www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
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Island Time - Believer Magazine
I call Don Nelson from my rental car, which I’ve parked by some food trucks near the Kahului Airport. It rings through, which means I’m welcomed to the island by a sardonic voicemail: “Hey, you’ve rea...
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Hank & Townes’s Mom @katehascats.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Kaleb’s award for Feature Writing for his last published piece for @essesmag.com arrived. Thank you Joseph for nominating him. His mom and dad are so touched.
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 28/07/2026
Awhile back, I sent @naterogers.bsky.social to Long Beach to interview Chris Pook, a former travel agent who somehow brought a Grand Prix to Long Beach during its peak-dillipadation/porno theater era. The more they talked, the more complicated the story became... esses.com/stories/chri...
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Chris Pook | Esses
The Travel Agent Who Built The Long Beach Grand Prix
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What do you mean before he was Scrooge he was Ebenezer those are just his first and last names lol
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 06/07/2026
Cristiano Ronaldo: what if a mall in Dubai was a person
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 30/06/2026
Kaleb Horton’s Esses feature won the LA Press Club award yesterday. Feeling sad but hella proud of him…
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 24/06/2026
See you in London?
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Portugal is giving extraordinary starting lineup access to a 41-year old striker. Who is it?
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 19/06/2026
My first question to the AAA guys when I was reporting my ABS test story was: who is allowed to challenge? They hadn't thought about it that much, but we're all certain that if they made the show, they were not gonna be the ones to blow their team's challenges...
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Nate Rogers @naterogers.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Love to be in print, gotta be in print
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 09/06/2026
Got my issue of @essesmag.com today. Really proud of this one…
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 09/06/2026
as a san francisco native, I can tell you everything about a person based on this one question...
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I hope Spencer Pratt ends up in 5th place as a salute to Riley Gaines and whatnot.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 08/06/2026
Spencer Pratt’s trailer has unfortunately rolled down a big hill into a giant novelty toilet
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Hank & Townes’s Mom @katehascats.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Kaleb was nominated for an LA Press Club Award for this piece, co-published in @essesmag.com and Rolling Stone. He is a finalist. I’m so proud of him and so angry and sad that he isn’t here for it. You can read it here: www.essesmag.com/articles/do-...
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Do or Die: On George Harrison, Living, Dying, and Formula 1
George Harrison may be thought of as a holy man, but the primordial ooze his career emerges from is made of cars.
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 03/06/2026
🗣️ “the plants in this parklet outside the bakery could be slightly more regularly watered!”
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 03/06/2026
The gap between “SF is a failed city” on the internet and actually being in SF is so funny. Like, what the fuck are you all talking about?
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Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My deepest thanks to @nytimes.com for including my forthcoming book, CATCH THE DEVIL, in this list of summer nonfiction titles! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/b...
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The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 29/05/2026
I'm hearing those all-cash, no contingencies offers were rejected because the buyer's vibes were all off. Offer slightly below market with a pure heart and you can buy in the Bay Area...
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
my god
donald trump jr tweeted: 

Anyone who knows my father knows he probably knows more about Sports than just about any human being not in the business. Kathy’s failed soundbite ain’t gonna land well… just like her policies.

kathy hochul's famously wild press office quote tweeted it and said: Crazy he has time to go a basketball game but not your wedding 😭
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
For far too long, this country has been governed by people who were either unable or simply unwilling to post brief videos of themselves being bitten multiple times by snakes that they had just picked up for some reason,
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 24/05/2026
Just saw an actual Spencer Pratt sign in the wild. Thought this was all just an internet bit. Can’t believe the AI is actually tricking people. We’re so fucked!!!
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 22/05/2026
My Apple Music custom playlist just faded right from Luke Bell into Isiah Rashad. Did it work? No. Am I intrigued nonetheless? Absolutely…
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/05/2026
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Trying To Draw Foul While Shooting Free Throw
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 21/05/2026
That’s a sandwich. That’s like calling a Croque Monsieur a pizza…
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