Readings

The Year in Self-Googling

It’s comforting to know that in the annals of history, my day-to-day personal suffering won’t show up at all. Unfortunately, in the present, the details are apparent, if only to me.

The Year in Compost

Some find comfort in conspiracy; I’ve found it in asking the same questions about plants and insects and mold my seven-year-old self might.

A Brief History of Indoor Trees

When there is a ritual, life makes sense. 

What A Time To Be In Decline

Why, a decade ago, did my father give me the heavy gift of a controversial 100-year-old Oswald Spengler tome? It took a pandemic for me to find out.

Wonder Women

The fight for female superheroes in Hollywood.

‘Folklore Has Always Been About Futurity': An Interview with K-Ming Chang

The author of Bestiary on mythmaking, how grossness co-exists with beauty, and changing your destiny.

Towards a New Horizon

During quarantine, I've been trying to remind myself that I've always been able to find inspiration for a better life.

'A Fossil of Our Youth': An Interview with Marlowe Granados

The author of Happy Hour on charm as currency, the resilience of feminity, and getting away with things. 

Crazy Wisdom: A Love Story

My parents' bizarre, unlikely matchmaker, the cult leader.

'When I Go Into the Forest, I'm Always Reading Into It': An Interview with Jessica J. Lee

Talking to the author of Two Trees Make a Forest about changing ideas of home, our bodies as maps, and how the natural landscape influences human connection.