Color Vision

Hilton Als’ 2010 profile of poet and playwright Ntozake Shange, who died this past Saturday at age 70.

Author: Hilton Als
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Nov 8, 2010
Length: 21 minutes (5,448 words)

The Art of Difference

With the publication of two books and new gallery showings featuring photographer Diane Arbus, Hilton Als explores her work, writings, artistic motivation, and her uncanny ability to capture on film the humanity of the “freaks” — the marginalized people — who were the subjects of her work.

Author: Hilton Als
Published: Jun 8, 2017
Length: 17 minutes (4,301 words)

Ghosts in Sunlight

“The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing.” Als’s commencement speech at Columbia University School of the Arts.

Author: Hilton Als
Published: Jul 30, 2014
Length: 9 minutes (2,304 words)

Michael

Michael Jackson died a long time ago, and it’s taken years for anyone to notice.

Author: Hilton Als
Published: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 8 minutes (2,214 words)