Adam Chandler
Adam Chandler is a journalist and author based in New York.
About Adam
Adam Chandler is a journalist and author based in New York. A former staff writer at The Atlantic, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, WIRED, Vox, Slate, New York Magazine, Texas Monthly, Esquire, TIME, and elsewhere.
Chandler is the author of Drive-Thru Dreams, which was named an NPR Favorite Book of the Year, an Amazon Best Book of the Year, and a Smithsonian Best Food Book of the Year.
His second book, 99% Perspiration, explores the culture of work in American life and will be published by Pantheon Books (Penguin/RandomHouse) in January 2025. Pre-order your copy here!
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99% Perspiration
99% Perspiration (January 2025) looks at the culture of work in American life and how our obsessions with work and self-reliance divide and deflate us.
Selected Writing
The Atlantic
America’s Need for Speed Never Ends Well
Marker
How a Shadow Army of Ghost Kitchens Took Over America’s Restaurants
Vox
The Best Money
I Ever Spent
The Atlantic
What I Saw as a
2020 Census Worker
WIRED
Uber, Taxi Cabs, and the Limits of Digital Disruption
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The Washington Post
Let’s Politicize the
Coronavirus Crisis