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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, Bloomberg Businessweek, 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 is now available from Pantheon Books (Penguin/RandomHouse). Order your copy here!

 

For more updates about his work and occasional complaints, please subscribe to The Crunchwrap, his free newsletter 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.

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Selected Writing

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The Atlantic

America’s Need for Speed Never Ends Well

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Marker

How a Shadow Army of Ghost Kitchens Took Over America’s Restaurants

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Vox

The Best Money

I Ever Spent

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The Atlantic

What I Saw as a

2020 Census Worker

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Bloomberg Businessweek

How America Got Hooked on H Mart

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TIME

The Myth That Broke America

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