Eloghosa Osunde contemplates the role of marginalized artists in online activism.
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Father of Disorder
One woman finds insight into her father’s rage in the scientific concept of entropy.
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Putting a New Stone on the Grave: Sjón Brings the Golem to Iceland
Sjón’s “CoDex 1962” is the fulfillment of a pact he made with the Maharal of Prague in the Old Jewish Cemetery almost three decades ago.
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Does the Woman in the Painting Have a Secret?
In the wake of her mother’s passing, Dylan Landis wrestles with unanswered questions about love and art, and imagines different possibilities of what could have been.
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In the Country of Women
Amid badass women and endless stories, a young California writer comes of age in the orange groves as the Golden State comes into its own.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Weighing the Costs — and Occasional Benefits — of Ethnic Ambiguity
Aram Mrjoian reflects on his experiences of being part Armenian in America.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Essays & Criticism, Story
Defeating the Celluloid Axis
The invisible language of film permeates Christian Kracht’s “The Dead,” prose that is neutral and shot through with so much darkness, you occasionally can’t find the light.
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Getting Tricked by Helen DeWitt
Helen DeWitt’s hectic, disruptive style reflects the content of her stories: the difficulty of living an authentic life, or telling anything like a “story,” in a ruthlessly disruptive world.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Zadie Smith on the Work and Influences of Deana Lawson
Lawson’s photographs capture the divinity and stateliness of its working-class subjects.
