
Against Exercise by Mark Greif
"The thinness we strive for becomes spiritual" — Mark Greif's iconic essay on exercise, taken from Against Everything: On Dishonest Times.

"The thinness we strive for becomes spiritual" — Mark Greif's iconic essay on exercise, taken from Against Everything: On Dishonest Times.

Mark Greif picks his favourite essay collections, from Virginia Woolf to Susan Sontag, for the latest Five Book Plan.

"Police are different things to different people" — an excerpt from Against Everything: On Dishonest Times by Mark Greif, a brilliant collection of essays dissecting everyday life under twenty-first-century capitalism.