Coyote and Cup

Keep Chasing That Bird

Alan Siegel | Ringer | 27th August 2026

Oral history of the beleaguered animated-live action hybrid Coyote vs. Acme, a 2010s Looney Tunes movie that was shelved by its studio for a tax write off and then improbably saved by a grassroots Hollywood campaign. An escape worthy of Wile E. Coyote himself. "Battles between art and commerce don’t tend to end well for the artists. But every so often, the little guy manages to avoid the anvil — and win" (6,000 words)

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If You Build It, Will They Come?

Paul McAdory | Paris Review | 21st August 2026

This is an account of "the Sperm Racing World Cup", and so readers should be aware that it does include reference to its fluid of choice. A competitive spectacle played out under microscopes in the name of male fertility. This "elegantly vulgar premise" speaks to old and existential fears, though. It asks questions like "Am I incapable of producing anything worthwhile? Are my devices futile?"(2,900 words)