Readings

Mrs. Dalloway and the promise and problems of empathy.

"You want Enlightenment? Well, here. It’s not exactly what you thought."

When New York’s Per Se was devastated by a recent Times review, why weren't restaurateur Thomas Keller’s peers anywhere to be seen?

Talking with the author of What Belongs to You about the stimulating power of language, the falseness of authenticity, and how important it is to be an idiot.

"I think about the future only in the sense of dying. I don’t even mean it to be bleak—that’s just how I think of it. Anything I write comes out that way."

He walked away from the art world and filled a storefront in upstate New York with his unique sculptures. What happens to them now that he's gone? 

Did I feel high? No, I just felt alive. Alive in the sense of not dead. 

He does the job so well you don’t notice he’s doing it better than anyone else could. 

Speaking with the comic writer about the history and current state of horror comics, the hot tempers of Aquaman fans, and life as a child hypnotist.