This Week in Essays
At Nowhere, Alia Volz takes a long-shot journey to Cuba to tie up loose ends. For Guernica, Katherina Grace Thomas writes about that time Nina Simone loved and left paradise. Here at The…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I didn’t realize I was waiting for Zadie Smith’s thoughts on Get Out, and yet here we are. Let’s all spend our day listening to the eerie music that plays…
VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Lisa Factora-Borchers
Lisa Factora-Borchers talks about being a Catholic feminist, writing across genres, and pushing back against a singular narrative about New York.
Album of the Week: Fake Sugar by Beth Ditto
After rising to fame a decade ago with her band Gossip, and following a five-year silence, Beth Ditto is back on the scene with her first solo album, Fake Sugar,…
FUNNY WOMEN #154: Visa Status of Disney Princesses
President Trump has suspended all H-1B visa processing, and He would like us to reevaluate several candidates who gained entry under the fashion-model exception.
Notable Philadelphia: 6/20–6/26
Tuesday 6/20: Heavy Metal film screening. 8 p.m. at Tattooed Mom, $5. Wednesday 6/21: Poetry Showcase feat. NET Center poets. 5:30 at Franny Lou’s Porch.
This Week in Indie Bookstores
Kaitlyn Tiffany tried to buy a Father’s Day gift at Amazon’s new real world store. A rare bookstore in London, known as a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, has found a…
Say Everything: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Truth is complicated, thorny, and often paradoxical. Marzano-Lesnevich advocates for a version of events that doesn’t attempt to simplify its subjects, that doesn’t reduce human life to weak metaphors.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
But, like, what if there’s nothing left to discover? Oh but here’s a lost ancient Ethiopian city. Jack MacKenzie was the oldest person to ski to the North Pole. Spend…
(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Kirsten Irving
The pressure to prove ourselves can have a distorting effect, causing us to doubt our instincts in favor of following others we perceive to be experts or “genuine.”
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Eileen G’Sell
At best, life is hard. / At worst, life is easy. / I believe it is true. / I would like to believe / I believe it is true.
Notable Los Angeles: 6/19–6/25
Monday 6/19: Tom Stern discusses and signs My Vanishing Twin. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Venice-based musicians and artists k-blamo and Sacramento author Maureen O’Leary in their performance The Ghost Daughter:…