In the Mist

Notes on cruising. 

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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In the Mist

Notes on cruising. 

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.

'I’m Not So Interested in Feelings People Go Through on Their Own': An Interview with Sally Rooney

Talking to the author of Normal People about writing about mental health, whether books can critique the capitalist systems for which they're turning a profit, and the perils of readings.

I Could Live Without Speaking

A Self-Portrait, Experiment, and Homage.

'I Read Books As If They Are Places': An Interview with Helen Oyeyemi

The author of Gingerbread on K-Dramas, travelling, and coded stories. 

There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This

Bob Fosse's current revival makes sense, but the wave of appreciation will also be a reckoning: moral immunity has been rescinded for geniuses.

When Mountains Were Ugly

Over the centuries, the mountains moved. Our inner landscapes shifted to accommodate new forms of beauty, old forms of worship.

'People Live Before and After Violence': An Interview with Marlon James

The author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf on the intellectual responsibilities of the reader, Die Hard and Vin Diesel, and gay action heroes.