Longreads

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

Listening to the American Southwest.

Searching for a new literary realism in the Anthropocene.  

I’d been enthralled by his writing for some years, but I had to go see for myself how the man’s brain worked.

عرفان خان کی زندگی کے سفر پر ایک نظر

एक सफ़रनामा इरफ़ान ख़ान की अदाकारी का

“People tend to notice when you say, ‘I can open your front door in thirty seconds.’”

On luxury shopping, men’s fashion and end-of-the-world salvation.

It was a piece of currency so large it seemed unimaginable anyone would try to steal it. But that was part of the appeal.