Readings

'It’s a Crisis Because There Are No Answers': An Interview with Ben Rawlence

The author of City of Thorns on generational pain, the context of radicalization, and the weight of place. 

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Guilt Upon the Body

The Hillsborough Disaster and the inquest into it were about lying cops. After 27 years, the right words are finally being used to talk about the dead.

Dialogue with Francesca Woodman

The well person has the job of translating the images that the sick person has left behind as evidence.

Rhythms of Fear

Women instinctively read the danger written upon the city. 

A Gift From Another World

Prince Rogers Nelson was the blueprint for a certain kind of Black femmeness. In the interstitial spaces of my life, he has kept me company. 

The Newspaper Didn't Love Me Back

I felt, at once, embarrassed to be laid off, sad about the ending of something great in my life, bitter about what was happening, and completely bewildered as to what I was supposed to do next.

'In Between the City and Your Body': An Interview with Liene Bosquê

The sculptor searches through old notebooks and observes the cyclical nature of ideas. 

Dying or Winning in Nepal

In the face of violent opposition, an ethnic minority fights for equality. But has the government found a way to profit from their protest?