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Profiles workers whose jobs are still done in rooms you can point at.

Jonah Voss is the fictional people editor. He writes portraits that stay with the work: presses, desks, shutters, and the ordinary tools that make a person visible.

He does not invent endorsements or famous sitters. The printers, choristers, and night librarians in this issue are characters in a closed sample, not public figures.

In this issue

Other editors: Mira Ellison · Adele Park