The Islander

The world must appear strange as you peer through our hero’s eyes. Your eyes now.

The Truth Alongside the Triumphs: An Interview with Mayukh Sen

The author discusses his new book on Merle Oberon, the Golden Age of Hollywood starlet whose South Asian heritage was hidden from the industry. 

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The Islander

The world must appear strange as you peer through our hero’s eyes. Your eyes now.

The Truth Alongside the Triumphs: An Interview with Mayukh Sen

The author discusses his new book on Merle Oberon, the Golden Age of Hollywood starlet whose South Asian heritage was hidden from the industry. 

The Spirit Bride

I had a kind of premonition, even before a word was said, that things were about to shift.

This Is, Maybe, 25 Percent of What Happened: An Interview with Scaachi Koul

The author of Sucker Punch on surrendering to life's cycles, writing about her divorce, and picking the right fights.

A Rage to Live

That so much night could exist within a city entranced me.

The World We're Losing

Ecological grief captures a newly defined set of emotions, all connected to our personal relationship to the natural world.

'It Did Away With the Entire Juvenile Justice System': An Interview with Kathleen Hale

The author of Slenderman on deinstitutionalization, early onset schizophrenia, and "crimes of the century." 

Not This: Considering Oscar Isaac's Face

“I like when you watch something,” Isaac once told Rolling Stone, “and you get the sense it’s something you’re not supposed to be seeing.”

‘We Should Be Articulating Joyful Alternatives’: An Interview with Nona Willis Aronowitz

The author of Bad Sex on the body horror of pregnancy, selling books about sex, and why this might be her last word on her mother’s body of work.

‘Gestures Across Time’: An Interview with Martha Schabas

The author of My Face in the Light on artistic process, phsyical mediums as a foil to writing, and the tension between surface and interior. 

‘It’s My Love Letter to Superheroes’: An Interview with Villal Pando

The Montréal cartoonist on his debut book The Pursuer, the evolution and influence of comic books, and how a lifelong passion for drawing became a career.