Boris Fishman
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Noble Rot | Time Lord (Profile of Marco De Bartoli) Issue 40 (print only)
Noble Rot | Time Lord (Profile of Marco De Bartoli) Issue 40 (print only)
Travel + Leisure | I Took My Daughter Skating on the Lakes of Finland
Travel + Leisure | I Took My Daughter Skating on the Lakes of Finland
Boris Fishman travels to Helsinki, Finland and the serene lakes of the country's north with his daughter to live out a childhood dream of learning how to ice skate. Here's what it was like.
VinePair | Rheinhessen Is Leading the German Wine Revolution. Here are 5 Producers to Know.
VinePair | Rheinhessen Is Leading the German Wine Revolution. Here are 5 Producers to Know.
If I remembered anything about Rheinhessen, the largest wine region in Germany, from my WSET Level 3 textbook, it was that there wasn’t much to remember. With the exception of several renowned producers like Klaus Peter Keller, it was vast and flat, its output forgettable. But then, in early 2025, I started seeing its name again and again in the newsletter I receive from Leon & Son in Brooklyn, one of the most forward-looking wine shops in the country. It appeared next to words like “Next-Gen” and “guts” and “in the face of tradition.” What was happening in Rheinhessen?
The New York Times | Want to Have a Better Year? Just Dance.
The New York Times | Want to Have a Better Year? Just Dance.
On a vacation abroad, my family started dancing in public. We haven’t stopped.
Teaching “Hamlet” to Conservatives | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
Teaching “Hamlet” to Conservatives | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
Only a small sliver of the students who attend the University of Austin (henceforth UATX) already care about writing. True in any school, perhaps, but in other schools, there are many students interested in writing-adjacent things: other arts, like dance, or critical disciplines engaged with art, such as art history. UATX disproportionately draws young people
Boris Fishman | Tears & Glory: The Substack!
Boris Fishman | Tears & Glory: The Substack!
The Guardian | My wife and I had couples therapy on TV. It nearly wrecked our marriage.
The Guardian | My wife and I had couples therapy on TV. It nearly wrecked our marriage.
After Jessica and I received expert counselling from the hit show Couples Therapy, I became public enemy number one. Here’s what didn’t make it to the screen
The Free Press | I’m a Liberal at a ‘Conservative’ University. How Did I End Up Here?
The Free Press | I’m a Liberal at a ‘Conservative’ University. How Did I End Up Here?
My students at UATX know they can disagree passionately with their classmates—a more meaningful definition of ‘safe space’ than what I encountered teaching in the Ivy League.
THE UNWANTED by Boris Fishman | Starred review from Publishers Weekly
THE UNWANTED by Boris Fishman | Starred review from Publishers Weekly
The New York Times Opinion | There’s More to Wine Than Just a Cancer Warning
The New York Times Opinion | There’s More to Wine Than Just a Cancer Warning
The New York Times Book Review | 'The Lady of the Mine,' by Sergei Lebedev
The New York Times Book Review | 'The Lady of the Mine,' by Sergei Lebedev
“The Lady of the Mine,” by Sergei Lebedev, takes place during Russia’s 2014 invasion.
VinePair | Rescued From War, Artwine Tells a Complicated Story of Ukrainian Wine
VinePair | Rescued From War, Artwine Tells a Complicated Story of Ukrainian Wine
The video opens with men in paramilitary uniforms, their faces covered, striding through unlit gray caverns filled with endless pallets of bottles. One shines his flashlight on a “passport” establishing the authenticity of the product. “Cuvée champenoise,” it says. 2019. Gradually, the setting reveals itself as something other than a warehouse that’s lost power — the uneven walls and ceilings look like they were hewn out of rock, and the halls seem endless. At one point, the cameraman marvels at a sign that refers to the presence of 171 pallets of 500 bottles apiece.
The New Yorker | Forbidden Sips of the Ukrainian Dom Pérignon
The New Yorker | Forbidden Sips of the Ukrainian Dom Pérignon
The New York Times (Opinion) | You’ll Have to Take My Glass From My Cold, Wine-Stained Hand
The New York Times (Opinion) | You’ll Have to Take My Glass From My Cold, Wine-Stained Hand
Tablet Magazine | The Art of The Betsy
Tablet Magazine | The Art of The Betsy
How a Miami Beach hotel became a cultural mecca
The Guardian | To All the Women...
The Guardian | To All the Women...
The New York Times Book Review | In “Russian Gothic,” a Veteran’s Paranoia and Delirium Reflect a Nation’s
The New York Times Book Review | In “Russian Gothic,” a Veteran’s Paranoia and Delirium Reflect a Nation’s
The 1991 novel turns a private disturbance into bracing social commentary.
Food & Wine | One of Washington State’s Most Remarkable Wine Regions Isn’t Where You Think It Is
Food & Wine | One of Washington State’s Most Remarkable Wine Regions Isn’t Where You Think It Is
The area around Lake Chelan, a 50-mile-long, 1-mile-wide lake in Washington state, is home to a burgeoning wine region, and a new crop of restaurants and hotels that make the wine destination ideal for a weekend getaway this fall.
Travel + Leisure | Northern Ireland
Travel + Leisure | Northern Ireland
Nearly 25 years after the Troubles, Northern Ireland’s scars are finally beginning to heal — why now may be the perfect time to visit.
The New York Times (Opinion) | The Post-Colonoscopy Male Friendship Test
The New York Times (Opinion) | The Post-Colonoscopy Male Friendship Test
What the pandemic, parenthood and nomadism took away from my life, I replaced with surprisingly intimate connections with other men.
Travel + Leisure | River of Dreams (Russian River Valley)
Travel + Leisure | River of Dreams (Russian River Valley)
The New York Times Book Review | The True-Life Inspiration for Dostoyevsky’s Famous Murderer
The New York Times Book Review | The True-Life Inspiration for Dostoyevsky’s Famous Murderer
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