Steph Cha discusses her new novel “Your House Will Pay,” the LA Riots, the Korean American Angeleno community, her 3,600 Yelp reviews, and pushing back against gatekeepers in publishing.
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The Power and Business of Hip-Hop: A Reading List on an American Art Form
Stories of hip-hop’s genius, influence, struggle, and endurance.
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On Watching Boys Play Music
“With a drink in my hand and earplugs responsibly in place, I’m very aware that I’ve spent more than half my life essentially standing in the same spot: off to one side of the stage (close but not too close), eyes forward, shifting weight from foot to foot.”
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Grandiose and Claustrophobic: ‘Prozac Nation’ Turns 25
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s bestseller is deeply rooted in a specific, Gen-X cultural moment. Can it still speak to us in 2019?
Posted inHighlight, investigations, Quote Posts, Quotes
A Box of Meat and $100 For Your Life
“Workers who worked Monday through Saturday without missing a day were given a bonus of $50, later raised to $100, which was accompanied by a box of meat valued at $200 to $300.”
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Soli/dairy/ty
As a nursing mother newly exposed to the harsh realities of milk production, Liza Monroy reconsiders the dairy cow, and questions the meaning of compassion.
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Shelved: Yoko Ono
On Yoko Ono’s 1974 album “A Story,” and stepping out from behind the ever-present shadow of John Lennon.
Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Almost Home’: On Place, Legacy, Growing Up in Atlanta, and Symbols of White Supremacy
An essay on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.
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On Vanishing
Dementia is a kind of erasure, a death before death, where the living discount the infirmed long before they’re gone.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Feature, History, Nonfiction, Sports, Story
The Endgame of the Olympics
What if the Olympic Games never come back?
