Readings

Leaving the House

Sometimes I think I can identify men who have daughters. 

'A Conversation That Happens Across Space and Time': An Interview with Kawai Strong Washburn

The author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors on mythmaking, magical realism, and the hero complex. 

'Misremembering is Productive': An Interview with Harry Dodge

The author of My Meteorite on interconnectedness, chaos, and a sense of magic.

'A Little More Like a Career and Less Like a Stunt': An Interview with Robert Kolker

The author of Hidden Valley Road on true crime reporting, family secrets, and finding stories. 

The Keeper of the Bees

I followed a desire to witness, but not control, the inner workings of living things.

'I Don't Think the Artist Longs For the Emergency': An Interview with Olivia Laing

The author of Funny Weather on publishing a book during a global pandemic, the eternal appeal of outsider artists, and living with an oncoming sense of catastrophe.

Mommy Queerest

Mom wasn’t interested in being the type of mother—or wife—who put her own life on the back burner

Entering the House

Prepared for every situation, even pandemic, mothers should be the ones on TV when our nation is under attack by terrorists or viruses.

'The Rebelliousness of the Body': An Interview with Rufi Thorpe

The author of The Knockout Queen on craftsmanship, sexuality, and strength. 

What Were Sports?

A perfect engine of meaningless data creation; an otherworldly space-place where people could depressurize and sometimes succumb to madness; good even when they were bad.