Land of Five Rivers

Partition, climate change, my grandmother, and me.

Brat Girl Summer

Charli xcx brings the club to the world.

Fractal / Flood

a found poem from the Letters of William Blake (1980)

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Brat Girl Summer

Charli xcx brings the club to the world.

Land of Five Rivers

Partition, climate change, my grandmother, and me.

Staying In

On writers in movies.

Fractal / Flood

a found poem from the Letters of William Blake (1980)

When it Comes to Cookbooks, Who's a Critic?

 A good cookbook can be mind-opening, read for or looked at for pleasure, despite having middling recipes. An excellent one can be a tool and art one in the same.

The Inside is Rotten

As our collective fears shift, so too do the monsters that stand in for them.

A Hairsplitter’s Odyssey

Probe all the nuances, niceties, and subtle shades of meaning your little heart desires.

The Missing

A User's Guide to Hisham Matar

Dark Matter

For twenty years, PostSecret has broadcast suburban America’s hidden truths—and revealed the limits of limitless disclosure. 

Crush on the Cross: An Interview with Anthony Oliveira

The author of Dayspring discusses queerness, Christianity, and the anxious sense that history is over.

The Two Solitudes of Book Design

From spartan cream to splashy blobs, Canada's French and English literary cultures have their own separate visual languages.

In the Kidnapper’s Kitchen: An Interview with Colin Barrett

The author of Wild Houses on peripheral main characters, small town lore, and growing up around people of “miscellaneous occupation.”