The Transportive Power of The Phantom Tollbooth (Catapult)
On Norton Juster’s book and living through the pandemic.
Even This Late It Happens: 20 Years of Wonder Boys (Bright Wall Dark Room)
On the twentieth anniversary of Curtis Hanson’s film.
The House Where Louisa May Alcott Wrote Little Women (Lit Hub)
On the biographical foundations of a classic American novel.
All My Life, I’ve Imagined Myself in Paintings (On Being)
On growing up with artist parents.
Hyper-Girlish Sci-Fi and Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time (FLOOD Magazine)
On the book that is familiar to brainy girls the world over.
You Can Never Go Back: On Loving Children’s Books as an Adult (Lit Hub)
On why visiting old fictional friends is so bittersweet.
Girls Was a Great Show About Failure (VICE)
On how the HBO series emphasized millennial struggle.
An Hour Renting Emily Dickinson's Bedroom (Jezebel)
On renting out the poet’s bedroom where she wrote her entire life’s work.
It’s Okay That Anne Shirley Never Became a Writer (LA Review of Books)
On L.M. Montgomery’s heroine Anne Shirley and where she ended up.
White-Bread Pop, Hero Worship, and the Vacant Hooks of Charlie Puth
(FLOOD)
On how young male pop artists bleed together in a haze of beige.
Live. Laugh. Love. Why? (The Outline)
On the word art trend in home decor.
Protesters Block, Demand Removal of a Painting of Emmett Till (Hyperallergic)
On protestors of Dana Schutz’s art at the Whitney Biennial.
The Private Hell of an Adult Picky Eater (Munchies - VICE)
On life as an adult picky eater.
Why Hollywood Doesn’t Tell More Stories for—and About—Girls (The Atlantic)
On the dearth of Hollywood entertainment for girls.
Skirting the Abyss with Werner Herzog (BOMB Magazine)
On the instinct-driven filmmaker’s Into the Abyss.
Alex Honnold: The Rock Whisperer (FLOOD Magazine)
On the rock climbing star of Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo.
Paul Dano and the Importance of Being Earnest (FLOOD Magazine)
On the offbeat (and oft-beat) actor and first-time director..
Your Musical Guidance Counselor Amanda Palmer Will See You Now (FLOOD Magazine)
On the controversial musician’s first solo album in six years.
Please Consider Megan Amram For Something (FLOOD Magazine)
On the comedian’s awards-scheming and webseries.
Soul Skaters: The Young Stars of mid90s (FLOOD Magazine)
On the five skateboarding leads of Jonah Hill’s film.
Aubrey Plaza Tells Us Why She Hates the Eggplant Emoji (NYLON)
On the sardonic actor’s starring turn in Ingrid Goes West.
Kimberly Peirce on Boys Don’t Cry, Twenty Years Later (FLOOD Magazine)
On the filmmaker’s seminal debut and what female directors are up against.
Vicky Krieps on Phantom Thread and Feminine Strength (FLOOD Magazine)
On the actor’s starring role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest.
New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff (BOMB Magazine)
On the editor’s narration of documentary Very Semi-Serious.
In Nick Broomfield’s Marianne & Leonard, Cohen’s Muse Gets Her Day in the Sun (FLOOD Magazine)
On the documentarian’s deep-dive into the famous couple’s romance.
Steve James on The Interrupters (BOMB Magazine)
On the Hoop Dreams director’s documentary about Chicago violence.
An Eco-Fable From the Author of The Magicians (New York Times Book Review)
On Lev Grossman’s book The Silver Arrow.
The Enigma of Julian Assange (BOMB Magazine)
On Laura Poitras’ documentary Risk.
Miranda July’s The Future (BOMB Magazine)
On the divisive filmmaker’s cat-narrated film.
Once Upon a Time, the Princess Woke Up (The Brooklyn Rail)
On Catherine Breillat’s cinematic adaptation of Sleeping Beauty.
