Duke Alvarez: American Mummy Outlaw; or, The Undead Years of Phillipe LaFontaine

The manner of my demise is of little interest, besides serving as our jumping off point.

Playing Records For Lovers: An Interview with Pete Crighton

The author of The Vinyl Diaries on coming of age during the AIDS pandemic, midlife crises, and the music his younger partners recommend. 

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Duke Alvarez: American Mummy Outlaw; or, The Undead Years of Phillipe LaFontaine

The manner of my demise is of little interest, besides serving as our jumping off point.

Playing Records For Lovers: An Interview with Pete Crighton

The author of The Vinyl Diaries on coming of age during the AIDS pandemic, midlife crises, and the music his younger partners recommend. 

Frequency Illusion

Love was not a drink, and my pursuit of it did not fit perfectly into the rubric of addiction, but it had taken me.

Party in Hell

Unlike the many high profile hip-hop figures who have fallen from grace due to their misdeeds in recent years, Playboi Carti's misconduct shows no signs of slowing down his ascent.

The Wrong Kind of Science

My grandmother had no way of knowing a book on birds, sent from Russia when I was a child, would determine my adult fascinations. 

'Books Are Not Substitutes For Real Life': An Interview with Yaa Gyasi

Talking to the author of Transcendent Kingdom about the effect of perspective on readerly sympathies, the politicization of addiction, and the superficiality of "listening and learning."

Get the Lead Out

Our ancestors were born to die by predators. We are born to die by products.

'Despair is a Second Contagion': An Interview with Elisa Gabbert

Talking to the author of The Unreality of Memory about predicting disaster, criticism of self-contemplation, and a post-truth world.

'When Humans Get Involved in Anything, it Can Lead to Mistakes': An Interview with Sarah Weinman

The editor of Unspeakable Acts on the problems inherent in true crime reporting, the human desire for narrative, and the failings of the criminal justice system.