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Breaking Silence: Talking to Author Dylan Landis and Editor Michele Filgate About “What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About”
Taylor Larsen interviews Michele Filgate and Dylan Landis about their new anthology, "What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About."
Taylor LarsenApr 25, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Shapes of Silence: On Michele Filgate’s Anthology “What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About”
Azarin Sadegh relishes the intimate and authentic personal essays that form editor Michele Filgate's "What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About."
Azarin SadeghApr 25, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Skimming the Surface: A Way of Looking at Us
Eisa Ulen looks at Jordan Peele's "Us" and compares it to Spike Lee's 1989 "Do the Right Thing."
Eisa Nefertari UlenApr 25, 2019
When Did Asian Food Become Dirty?
Marie Myung-Ok Lee discusses the opening of a white-run "clean" Chinese restaurant in Manhattan.
Marie Myung-Ok LeeApr 25, 2019
Lonely, and Occasionally Kind of Spooky: An Interview with Keith McCleary
Matt E. Lewis interviews author Keith McCleary about his debut novel, “Circus + The Skin.”
Matt E. LewisApr 24, 2019
- Noir
A New Place of Refuge: On Salka Viertel’s “The Kindness of Strangers”
Alex Harvey appreciates “The Kindness of Strangers,” a classic memoir of Hollywood’s émigré bohemia by Salka Viertel.
Alex HarveyApr 24, 2019
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
Speaking With Amanda Skenandore About the Scars of Forced Assimilation
Krista Lukas interviews “Between Earth and Sky” author Amanda Skenandore.
Krista LukasApr 24, 2019
- Fiction
Two Alices and Political Produce
"France has a way of enticing Californian women who love to cook." Chloe Chappe on Alice Waters and Alice B. Toklas.
Chloe Alice ChappeApr 24, 2019
The History of English and the Pedagogy of Belonging
Seth Lerer reflects on a lifetime of teaching the history of the English language.
Seth LererApr 23, 2019
How to Fuck Your Neighbor
What Mr. Rogers can teach us about the radical feminism of Andrea Dworkin.
Maryse MeijerApr 23, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Love App-tually: Grindr and Queer Cinema
Kyle Turner on how queer dating and hookup app Grindr has changed LGBTQ cinema.
Kyle TurnerApr 23, 2019
On WikiLeaks and Julian Assange
Donald Boström recounts his interactions with Julian Assange in the early 2010s and gives his thoughts on the WikiLeaks founder's legal controversies.
Donald BoströmApr 23, 2019
AOC’s Anti-Fans
What can Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's anti-fandom tell us about today's politics.
Phoenix AndrewsApr 22, 2019
- Politics
Game of Thrones: Season 8, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"
Dear Television's Aaron Bady and Sarah Mesle talk about all the listening and learning going on in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms."
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleApr 22, 2019
- Dear Television
Histories of Violence: The Tragedy of Existence
Brad Evans speaks with Simon Critchley, author of “Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us.” A conversation in Brad Evans’s Histories of Violence series.
Brad EvansApr 22, 2019
- Histories of Violence
To Montreux — and Forever More: On Visiting the Nabokovs’ Last Home
On the 120th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Nabokov, Maxim Shrayer recalls his visit to Montreux, where he spoke to Dmitri Nabokov before his death.
Maxim D. ShrayerApr 22, 2019
- Around the World
- Nonfiction