Readings

'There’s Just No Excuse for What Memoir Does to the People in Our Lives': An Interview with Margaret Kimball

The author of And Now I Spill the Family Secrets on contradictory memories, record-keeping, and ways to articulate grief.

Rothko at the Inauguration

A story of America in three scams.

“We Have to be Brave Enough to Be Vulnerable”: An Interview with Laura Raicovich

The author of Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest on the myth of neutrality, collective culture, amd museums’ responsibility.

Sacrifice

An eccentric monk’s singular scrap cathedral reveals the chaos and genius of his mind.

Every Letter a Path

My name is someone's past and my present and I'm not sure about the future. 

'I Would Not Ever Give Anyone the Raw Experience': An Interview with Donika Kelly

Talking to the author of The Renunciations about structuring a book of poetry, living with myths, and caring for yourself and others when writing about trauma. 

'Part of Being Young is How Much You Notice': An Interview with Scarlett Thomas

The author of Oligarchy on teenaged girls, hierarchies within hierarchies, and the great confidence tricks of capitalism. 

‘There’s No Public Health Without a Public’: An Interview with Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley

The authors of Until Proven Safe on the ongoing pandemic, the history of quarantine, and our existential precarity.

Digitizing Maxi Cohen's Legacy

What does it take to preserve an independent filmmaker's oeuvre?

'It's Very Easy to Imagine a Dystopia': An Interview with Joss Lake

Talking to the author of Future Feeling about letting characters carry on in literary reality, counterbalancing angst and humor, and the interconnectedness of queer relationships.