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“He Drank It Black”: On Dinah Lenney’s “Coffee”
Markman Ellis soaks up “Coffee,” a “fluid, involving” object lesson by Dinah Lenney.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Something That Would Be Remembered: On Two Women Noir Trailblazers
Kathleen Jones on two recent biographies of midcentury women of noir: producer Joan Harrison and actress Veronica Lake.
Dilettantes and Connoisseurs: The Public Intellectual in the United States
On the evolution of the figure of the public intellectual in the internet age.
Turning Yourself into a Character Is Hard: A Conversation with David Adjmi
A celebrated playwright discusses his new memoir, “Lot Six.”
Albert Camus, Patron Saint of the Sticks
Camus’s final, unfinished novel evokes a lost Algerian homeland.
“This Long Whine”: George Scialabba’s Depressions
Ryan Boyd on George Scialabba’s “How To Be Depressed.”
Finding My Way: A Conversation with Alden Jones
Dinah Lenney talks with Alden Jones about her latest book, “The Wanting Was a Wilderness.”
East of the Eastside
A crowd-sourced history of a neglected SoCal community.
Right There in Blank and White
Megan Ward investigates the relationship between blankness and whiteness
Unlearning a White American Dream: On Meredith Talusan’s “Fairest”
Michael Valinsky reviews Meredith Talusan’s memoir, “Fairest,” about growing up trans and albino in the Philippines and the United States.
The Company We Keep: An Interview with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
Elizabeth DeWolf talks with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman about their new book, “Big Friendship.”
Upending the Travelogue: A Conversation with Sophy Roberts
Sophy Roberts goes on an untraditional quest.
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