Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
Man at His Best
ARCHETYPE OF THE MONTH
August
1
2008
BENJAMIN ALSUP
ARCHETYPE OF THE MONTH
BENJAMIN ALSUP
August
1
2008
View Article Pages
Man at His Best
ARCHETYPE OF THE MONTH
August
1
2008
BENJAMIN ALSUP
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
Features
I Am a Martyr (and So Can You!)
August
2008
By
STEPHEN COLBERT
What It Feels Like
August
2008
Portrait of the School Shooter as a Young Man
August
2008
By
DAVID VANN
The 75 Things Every Man Should Do
August
2008
By
TOM CHIARELLA
A Woman We Love
Paula
August
2008
By
RYAN D'AGOSTINO
America
Why You're Reading This
August
2008
By
chuck klosterman
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
Features
I Am a Martyr (and So Can You!)
August
2008
By
STEPHEN COLBERT
What It Feels Like
August
2008
Portrait of the School Shooter as a Young Man
August
2008
By
DAVID VANN
BENJAMIN ALSUP
Fiction
Happy?
December 2004
By
BENJAMIN ALSUP
Man at His Best
The Coolest Writer in America
APRIL 2009
By
BENJAMIN ALSUP
Man at His Best
Books That Will Make You a Better Man
MAY 2009
By
BENJAMIN ALSUP
Man at His Best
MAN AT HIS BEST
The Unholy Cow
MARCH 1992
MAN AT HIS BEST
In the Beginning Were the Words
NOVEMBER 1995
Man at His Best
Chrysler's Second Coming
January 1991
By
Alan Wellikoff
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published