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The Ecology of Equity, or Why We Need Diverse Voices so I Can Leave My Frida Kahlo Flower Crown at Home
A PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow discusses how today’s young adult fiction handles ethnic diversity.
Angela M. SanchezMay 11, 2020
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Bracing For Impact: Music, Millennials, and What Comes After COVID-19
Dan DiPiero talks about music nostalgia during the pandemic and how it shapes his attitudes and politics.
Dan DiPieroMay 11, 2020
“Don’t Regret. Remember”: Frictions of History and Gender in Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
The French director’s brilliant 2019 film powerfully captures the paradoxes of female creativity and agency.
Paris A. Spies-GansMay 11, 2020
Making a Mess of the World: On Hao Jingfang’s “Vagabonds”
Hao Jingfang’s “Vagabonds” considers the reflexive matrix of Chinese and Western cultural perceptions.
Virginia L. ConnMay 10, 2020
- Around the World
- SF
Dave Brubeck Unsquared: On Philip Clark’s New Biography
Dave Mandl takes five with “Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time” by Philip Clark.
Dave MandlMay 10, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Music
Selling Your Body to Seoul: Kim Ho-seon's Yeong-ja's Heydays (1975)
For the Korea Blog, Colin Marshall discusses the evolving portrayals of Korea's cinematic prostitutes.
Colin MarshallMay 10, 2020
In Optimism Lies Urgency: Toby Ord and the Future of Humanity
Toby Ord’s new book calculates our chances of collective catastrophe at one in six.
Alexa HazelMay 9, 2020
- Nonfiction
Cathy Park Hong Reckons with Minor Feelings
Talking to Cathy Park Hong...
LARB Radio HourMay 9, 2020
The Things We Love
A gallery of portraits of a Sephardic Jewish family in the 20th century.
Esmé Shapiro, Sarah Abrevaya SteinMay 9, 2020
“Unless We Make Some Place”: On Andy Croft’s “The Years of Anger: The Life of Randall Swingler”
Robert Chandler delves into “The Years of Anger,” a biography of the unjustly neglected British poet Randall Swingler, by Andy Croft.
Robert ChandlerMay 8, 2020
- Around the World
- Biography & Autobiography
Solace in Solitude
Hamid EkbiaMay 8, 2020
The Queer Time of Paul Lisicky’s Provincetown
Michael Valinsky on Paul Lisicky’s new memoir of his life in Provincetown during the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Michael ValinskyMay 8, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Lonely for Different Reasons: Talking to Vivek H. Murthy
Andy Fitch interviews Vivek Murthy about the social cost of loneliness and his book "Together."
Andy FitchMay 8, 2020
A Fate Worse Than Gravity: A Conversation with Ellen O’Connell Whittet
A new memoir about the dangers of dance and love in the age of #MeToo.
Aaron ShulmanMay 7, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
He Brought Me Here: A Tribute to Robert Mezey
John DarnielleMay 7, 2020
Diversity and Hierarchy: On Graciliano Ramos’s “São Bernardo”
Arthur Ivan Bravo visits “São Bernardo,” the recently re-translated novel by Graciliano Ramos.
Arthur Ivan BravoMay 7, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction