Journalist Lila Shapiro speaks to Carmen Maria Machado, author of the short story collection Her Body and Other Parties, about her upcoming television series and the unfolding of the #metoo movement within the literary world.
Danielle Jackson
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Quotes
Series Exhumes Out-of-Print Books by Black Authors
“The Blackist,” a column for Catapult’s magazine, introduces audiences to out-of-print novels written by black authors.
Posted inCulture, Quotes
A Woman’s Search for Salvation, Love, and Family
A woman searches for love and belonging inside and outside of the Christian church.
Posted inCurrent Events, Story
A Frustrating Year of Reporting on Black Maternal Health
Stories of women of color dying of childbirth have dominated headlines — but little has been done to change postpartum care.
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Issues of Intimacy, Distance, and Disavowal in Writing About Deana Lawson’s Work
Art historian Steven Nelson received a commission for an essay about the work of photographer Deana Lawson. But what he produced was rejected by Lawson and editors of the piece. While considering the role of art historians and critics in the contemporary art world, Nelson tells a winding story of his essay’s eventual road to […]
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Why African-American Doctors are Choosing to Study Medicine in Cuba
Anakwa Dwamena explores the influence of the Latin American School of Medicine, or E.L.A.M, Cuba’s international medical school, which actively recruits talented undergraduates from the United States.
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Searching for Salvation at Antioch
In this personal essay, Jodi M. Savage remembers her grandmother, a Florida-born Pentecostal preacher, and considers the complicated relationship between black women and the Christian church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Reckons with Fame
In a New Yorker profile, the MacArthur ‘genius’ considers her legacy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
‘Unfettered Glamour’: The Legendary Career of André Leon Talley
The highs and lows of André Leon Talley’s important, trailblazing career are traced in a new documentary about his life.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Comes to Terms with Global Fame
MacFarquhar’s long profile of MacArthur Fellow Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the novelist’s legacy and the torments of fame in Nigeria and America.