Swallowing
Oliver Zarandi10.03.16
Oliver Zarandi shares and intimate and wrenching account of his lifelong eating disorder, centered around the discomfort of swallowing.
War Porn: An Interview With Roy Scranton
Hilary Plum09.26.16
The complexity and reckoning of war, particularly the representation of war in fiction, emerge in this conversation with Iraq War veteran Roy Scranton, through the lens of his latest book, the novel War Porn.
Who Controls Mr. Robot’s Debt-Free Utopia?
Stephen Danos09.22.16
Following the conclusion of its second season, Stephen Danos takes a look at the hit hacker-themed Mr. Robot and dissects the ways it aims to depict contemporary financial strife and the struggle for control.
Music I Have Traveled To
Sonya Vatomsky09.20.16
Sonya Vatomsky surveys the soundtrack to more than a decade of their life traveling to see favorite artists like PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, and Einstuerzende Neubauten with friends from LiveJournal all across the world. Illustration by Mary Anne Carter.
Wings, Thighs, Breasts: It’s Hooters’ World, We Just Die In It
Scott Creney09.15.16
What to do when you are given a gift card to Hooters and you don’t really want to go to Hooters? Scott Creney uses the opportunity to dig deep into what scantily clad wing chain says about sex and power in America.
You have to be perfect at everything: An Interview with Chelsea Martin
Juliet Escoria09.13.16
Chelsea Martin in conversation with Juliet Escoria about fashion, the 90s, meeting new people, and the creation of her latest book, Mickey.
THE INSIDE OF AN OUTSIDER: Chelsea Martin’s Mickey
Lindsay Maharry09.12.16
“Chelsea Martin creates outsider art for other outsiders, not the kind of outsider art that’s only appreciated once the insane person is discovered dead in a barn with a thousand fantastic paintings.” Lindsay Maharry takes a look at Martin’s latest book, Mickey, a meditation on relationships and depression.
JAR OF COINS
Eleanor Jane09.08.16
“I have never really made a home for myself.” Eleanor Jane explores how a nightmarish roommate situation, particularly in the pricey and jam-packed NYC, can unsettle the very foundation of your daily existence.
In Search of Duende: Diane Arbus at the Met
Rachel Lyon09.06.16
For the first of a series of posts contemplating a contemporary idea of cultural duende curated by August Evans, Rachel Lyon visits the Met to explore a new exhibition of early work by Diane Arbus.
“Everybody needs someone to know who they really are” – Documenting The Greatest Literary Hoax of Our Time with Jeff Feuerzeig
Steven T. Hanley08.30.16
Filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig in conversation with Steven T. Hanley about the making of his new film, Author: The JT Leroy Story, which follows Laura Albert’s journey in causing one of the biggest literary scandals ever.
