Culture

The Possibility of an Island

On luxury shopping, men’s fashion and end-of-the-world salvation.

 

The Year in Medieval Erotics

It seems this year’s offerings from the Dark Ages want to raise a carnal, earthy prayer to the present age. 

My Experience In a School Shooting

“Not here, not this school.” Until it is.

Giving Up the Ghost

Life and death by misadventure.

‘Brief, Driving, Often Angry’: An Interview with Richard Hell

The musician, writer, and actor on revision, truth, and liking books more than people. 

'There's Some Kind of Evil Behind Every Great Work of Art': An Interview with Alex Ross

Talking to the author of Wagnerism about uncovering counter-narratives, keeping a healthy skepticism of your relationship with art, and totalitarian intolerance of eccentric creativity.

The Year in Cats

I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, and I do believe in taste, but I also believe in context.

A Brief History of Indoor Trees

When there is a ritual, life makes sense. 

Wonder Women

The fight for female superheroes in Hollywood.

A Voice of Bells

What ever happened to Ofra Haza?