Readings

The Year in Scarlet and Grey

The homogeneity in a week’s worth of Midwestern skies is rivalled only in the unspooling of a single day.

The Year in Taking Credit Away from Drake

Credit has always been a nebulous idea in the world of hip-hop.

The Year in Sobbing Towards Change

Why do something if you're just going to cry about it? 

The Year in Literature of Urban Disquiet

Cities change, and the way that writers write about them changes as well. A place's past can act as a kind of call to arms, or it can become the backdrop for a different kind of story.

The Year in Reading Infinite Jest

I wouldn't be depressed so long as I had this insurmountable mission in front of me. 

The Year in Ice Thickness

Why, in the face of an unquantifiable disaster, are we talking about numbers at all?

The Year in Coming Close

The month that Blue Jays pitchers and catchers reported to spring training marked the first anniversary of my husband and I trying to have a baby. 

The Year in Innovative Black Women

Public representations of black women can be beneficial when the women involved are in control. 

The Year in Talking Sex With My Mom

A gay daughter inviting her conservative mother to a porn convention has to be a conversation starter, right?

The Year in Being a Goddamn Homeowner

I lay awake in my old apartment, listening to a squirrel claw his way through the popcorn ceiling, and decided, “You know what? It would be great if I was the one who had to pay to fix this problem.”