Tom Chiarella
Esquire
Indiana, United States
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Past articles by Tom:
The Unique Joy of Spending Thanksgiving Alone in a Casino
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be by yourself on a holiday. Go your own way, and be thankful for the free cocktails. → Read More
Vicodin, My Vicodin: On Pain, Addiction and Speaking Into the Vike
I love it, lean on it, count on it. I miss it when it’s gone, and I fight it when it’s around. I try to remember a time before the arrival of Vicodin. I think and think and think. → Read More
Q&A with Jesse Eisenberg, Bloomingtonian –
The Social Network star releases an audio drama on Audible this month called When You Finish Saving the World. → Read More
May Day: Roger Penske’s Indy 500 In The Age Of COVID-19 –
Roger Penske to the rescue? As our writer and the city’s signature cultural event fell into peril, both looked to the Indianapolis 500’s 83-year-old owner for inspiration. → Read More
Inside the National Quarantine Center, There Is No Fear of Coronavirus. There Is Only Urgency.
Esquire was granted exclusive access to the nation’s only federal quarantine and biocontainment center in Nebraska. Those who work there are as extraordinary—and as courageous—and you think they are. → Read More
21 Hours With Alan Dershowitz
Over the course of one week, Tom Chiarella watched Donald Trump’s TV-loving lawyer prepare for his biggest argument to date. He still can’t make sense of it. → Read More
I Saw the Future Standing in Line for Weed in Illinois. Then I Drove Back to the Past.
I made my purchase, and was forced back into a line, to wait for a change that is working everywhere else. → Read More
The Forever Coach: Jim Boeheim's First Interview Since the Crash That Claimed a Man's Life
This fall, the longest tenured coach in college basketball history returns to the only job he's ever known. What else would he do? → Read More
The Messy Genius Of Jonathan Brooks
As Jonathan Brooks introduces the follow-up to Milktooth, you might expect him to feel some pressure. But Indy’s highest profile chef seems comfortable with imperfection. → Read More
How to Kiss in 4 Steps
Some tips for when the time is right. Though some things can't be taught. → Read More
How Dressing Up As a Priest, Mechanic, Guard, and Doctor Changed My Life
Writer Tom Chiarella experiments with how uniforms change how we view a person. → Read More
Patton Oswalt's Famous School for Comedians
Podcasts. Webseries. Twitter. Vines! Here's everything you need to know to be funny and get laughs in this new age of comedy. → Read More
Anna Kendrick Is a Woman We Like a Lot
We were told not to love her... but we loved her anyway. → Read More
Exclusive: What It Felt Like the Moment the Amtrak Train Crashed
An interview with a passenger who boarded the train in Philadelphia minutes before it derailed. → Read More
How to Be Gracious, and Why
In business, the little things — a favor acknowledged , a favor returned, proper introductions, smiles, attentiveness — are really the big things → Read More
What It Feels Like to Get Thrown From an Angry, 1,500 Pound Bull
A 30-year-old professional bull rider talks about his wild time atop one of PBR tour's baddest beasts. → Read More
Willie Nelson: What I've Learned
Willie Nelson is an American Country Singer Songwriter and an Actor who has recently appeared in Films such as The Dukes of Hazzard and Half Baked. → Read More
5 Things Every Man Should Keep in His Glove Compartment
Be prepared for any roadside situation. → Read More
How to Give a Eulogy
It's no easy task summing up someone's life in just a few words. But I have my rules. → Read More
How to Kiss in 4 Steps
A four-step instructional guide, as long as you didn't ask for it. → Read More