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Washingtonian Writings

February 4, 2017by Elaina Plott

Hello there, dear readers. Apologies for not posting in some time. I’ll post a longer update when I’m lucid — it’s 1:27 a.m. and I’m knee-deep in my second viewing […]

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A quick Monday note

July 12, 2016by Elaina Plott

I keep a note on my iPhone of passages I like. Passages from writers such as Junot Diaz, Mary McCarthy, John Green, Ann Beattie. Quite a few people. (An aside: […]

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National Review Writings

May 18, 2016by Elaina Plott

You can find the entirety of my National Review writings here, a collection of some ninety pieces on Congress and the 2016 campaigns — House, Senate and presidential. Some of […]

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A Love Letter to the Upper West Side

October 13, 2014by Elaina Plott

West Side Rag 10/11/2014 The Upper West Side was his before it was mine. He took me there for the first time when I was 18, to the two-bedroom apartment […]

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#TheLIST: A Downtown Guide to the TriBeCa Film Festival

April 10, 2014by Elaina Plott

Harper’s BAZAAR 4/10/2014 The essential screenings to catch next week, plus where to shop, eat, drink, and relax between them. (Courtesy Photo)

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China’s Fear of Shame

September 6, 2012by Elaina Plott

National Review Online 9/6/2012 As my study-abroad roommate and I went searching for a taxicab in Beijing in shin-deep water on July 20, I didn’t think it was so bad. […]

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My name is Elaina. I was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I graduated from Yale in 2015. I now live in D.C., where I am a staff writer at The Atlantic.

I was formerly a staff writer at Washingtonian and a Buckley Fellow at National Review. I’ve written lots of fun stuff for Pacific Standard, GQ, the Daily Beast, the New York Observer, Harper’s BAZAAR and Town & Country.

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