Readings

The author of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars on the joy of writing a cast of women, the violence of passing and the responsibilities of media-makers.

I am learning what it is to be responsible for my own warmth.

One thing I love about many types of guardianship in food is that it requires you watch, but not too closely.

My neighbourhood doesn't look like a place where, a century ago, hundreds of people were incinerated, and that's exactly the point.

Searching for fading words in London, New York, Melbourne and San Francisco.

Day-to-day, I, a queer Native person leaping around this deeply stolen and homophobic land, try to lessen the ambient tensions floating in my air. Now I had to do the opposite.

Extraordinary as it may seem, Stalin’s 21st-century comeback is so ordinary it’s almost on time—and it reveals the complicated legacy of Russia’s relationship with history, authority, and the USSR.

"The supermarket is very crowded."

The author of Stay With Me on how stories find you, remembering both sides of a proverb, and discovering your characters.