Readings

an illustration of the author
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.

Carleigh Baker
The Inside is Rotten

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

Diptych of book and author Elisa Gabbert
Which of Our Thoughts Are Interesting?: An Interview with Elisa Gabbert

The author of Any Person Is the Only Self on authorial trust, the occult of reading, and circles of heightened attention.

An employees-only sign beside a road in Big Ben National Park. There are mountains in the background.
Home for a Season

Living and working in National Parks.

A close up of Tina Horn's book cover, reading Kink in purple letters on a black background
Swimming in a Sea of Bodies

I've long thrilled to the idea of being surrounded by people of all genders in the throes of passion, being able to appreciate them appreciating one another.

A portrait of the author
Not Like Us

Unpacking the Kendrick Lamar/Drake beef.

a woman pushes a stroller in a forest, and looks at a car atop which stands a wolf
Last Boob Feed

This baby emerged like a lightning bolt onto the scene. Then what?

A portrait of the author
Impossibly Chaste

On Wim Wenders and Celine Song.