The New Generation of Self-Created Utopias
“As so-called intentional communities proliferate across the country, a subset of Americans is discovering the value of opting out of contemporary society.”
On a Finnish Archipelago, Moving Through Sorrow
The beauty and calm of the Aland Islands are deceptive. Isolation encourages contemplation — but can it, as one grieving mother wonders, offer respite as well?
Why Do Asian-Americans Remain Largely Unseen in Film and Television?
“Having been raised on a mediocre diet of American television and mainstream Hollywood movies, I can count on one hand the actors of Asian descent who made an impression on me growing up. Their performances have stayed with me, like a novel you may never read again but pack with you every time you move.”
How Carrie Mae Weems Rewrote the Rules of Image-Making
Accompanied by photographs taken by Mickalene Thomas, The New York Times’ T Magazine profiles Carrie Mae Weems for its 2018 Greats issue.
Solange, the Polymathic Cultural Force
For T Magazine’s 2018 Greats issue, Ayana Mathis interviews vocalist Solange Knowles as she prepares to release a new album.
Jay-Z and Dean Baquet
Hip hop artist and activist Jay-Z sits down with Dean Baquet, executive editor of the New York Times, for a wide-ranging conversation about O.J. Simpson, therapy, race, misogyny, and sexuality, with annotations by Times culture writers Reggie Ugwu and Wesley Morris.
Park Chan-wook, the Man Who Put Korean Cinema on the Map
Novelist Alexander Chee profiles Korean director Park Chan-wook as part of T: The New York Times Style Magazine‘s “The Greats” series, which also includes six other cover profiles: Roxane Gay on hip hop artist Nicki Minaj, Hanya Yanagihara on designer Dries Van Noten, Lin Manuel Miranda on lyricist Stephen Sondheim, Manohla Dargis on actor Amy Adams, Dave Eggers on writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Randy Kennedy on sculptor Claes Oldenburg.
Nicki Minaj, Always in Control
Author Roxane Gay profiles hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj as part of T: The New York Times Style Magazine‘s “The Greats” series, which also includes six other cover profiles: Alexander Chee on Korean director Park Chan Wook, Hanya Yanagihara on designer Dries Van Noten, Lin Manuel Miranda on lyricist Stephen Sondheim, Manohla Dargis on actor Amy Adams, Dave Eggers on writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Randy Kennedy on sculptor Claes Oldenburg.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young African Immigrant
Writer Taiye Selasi profiles novelist Yaa Gyasi and visual artist Toyin Ojih Odutola, both African-born, Alabama-raised creatives, whose work complicates the notion of blackness in America.
Jeong Kwan, the Philosopher Chef
The most amazing chef you’ve never heard of is Jeong Kwan — a 59-year-old Zen Buddhist nun who cooks in a remote temple south of Seoul, South Korea.
