Readings

different panes of glass
The Policy Says

The manager takes me into the back room to explain the company ethos and the role. Each neighborhood store should feel like just that, a neighborhood store, she says, reading from the brochure.

Rollie Pemberton is depicted in a colourful illustration.
The Human Pinterest

Travis Scott searches for Utopia after Astroworld.

Photo of woman with a curly bob, red lipstick, and a black teeshirt. Collage features a yellow book cover that says NO MEAT REQUIRED
‘We Have a Deep Hatred of Taking Food Seriously’: An Interview with Alicia Kennedy

The author of No Meat Required on the politics of veganism, living and eating in Puerto Rico, and the future of subscription lettuce.

Abhrajyoti Chakraborty is depicted as a cartoon rendering.
Doing One's Best

What does artistic freedom mean for a filmmaker today?

A portrait of the actor Mary Alice
A Light Under the Door

Mary Alice dedicated her career to portraying Black women with depth and nuance. Why were there so few parts in which she could shine?

 

 

technicolor sand dunes with a red sky and cacti
The Voice of the Desert

Listening to the American Southwest.

Cat eyes peering out of a field of shooting stars
Cat Fox Neutrino

Searching for a new literary realism in the Anthropocene.  

A portrait of the author
Disco’s Revenge

Thoughts on Beyoncé and her masterful Renaissance tour.

The book covers for City in Flames and Quality Time
The Space Between People

Tomas Hachard (author of City in Flames) and Suzannah Showler (author of Quality Time) on cities as places of invention, real feelings under unreal conditions, and how to reconceptualize adulthood.