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Escape Artist
Although I finished it months ago, I still haven’t really let go of my experience of reading Catherine Lacey’s singular debut, Nobody is Ever Missing. It’s a novel so strong of voice and point of view...
View ArticleAmerican Splendor
So much of Robert Altman’s career seems just simply impossible, be it the decades of evolving yet consistently quality work, or the effortless weave between genres, or maybe the ability to create a...
View ArticleA Portrait of the Writer as a Young Girl
If a book’s description has the words “meditative,” “mundane,” and “stream of consciousness” in it, then I’m sold. So, when I read James Wood’s glowing review of Eimear McBride’s debut novel, A Girl is...
View ArticleWild at Heart
There’s a scene in Miranda July’s The Future (2011) that I think about a lot: Her character, Sophie, has been sneaking out to have an affair with a man who seems totally not her type. “I have to tell...
View ArticleGirl Crush
After months of anticipation, and a few controversial excerpts online, Kim Gordon’s new book Girl in a Band is finally out. And since we both couldn’t wait to read it, we decided to skip a traditional...
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One Question with Adam J. Kurtz
You know when your friend says the exact comforting thing you need to hear? That’s the feeling I got when I first picked up Adam J. Kurtz’s 1 Page at a Time: A Daily Creative Companion (Penguin Random...
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Life in the Awkward Lane
If you’re not already familiar with the work of Issa Rae, you’ll want to pay attention. The 30-year-old funny gal, who first made a splash with her hit web series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black...
View ArticleOne Question with Matt Wolf
I first met Matt Wolf when he offered me a internship on his film Teenage, a documentary about the birth of youth culture based on a book by Jon Savage. I spent the summer working with him and writing...
View ArticleAmber Tamblyn’s Book Of Poems Is About Dead Actresses
Most people will recognize Amber Tamblyn from her breakout role in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and her recent recurring guest appearances on Two and a Half Men. But when Tamblyn isn’t...
View ArticleI Don’t Want. Your Life.
Jon Ronson is either your dream or nightmare dinner party guest. He would have endless stories about the strangest elements of society: He has written about psychopaths, conspiracy theorists, and new...
View ArticleThat Freestyle Life
Leon Neyfakh’s debut The Next Next Level will resonate with anyone actively pursuing a creative career (or even a creative side-career). Part-memoir and part-artist profile, Neyfakh follows obscure...
View ArticleStranger from a Strange Land
There’s a confession that sits heavy in the stomach of any film student or graduate. It’s a confession that’s elicited only after one can’t take stifling their true opinions anymore during heated...
View ArticleDisturbing Behavior
I don’t want to sound biased (given that I am Korean), but damn do Koreans tell really incredible, out-there, freaky stories. Their talents in the soap, drama, and horror genres are obvious in film and...
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How Illustrator Leah Goren Breathes Life into Book Covers
It’s hard not to be completely infatuated by the whimsical artwork of Cali-bred, Brooklyn-based illustrator Leah Goren. Women in the nude, summer watermelons, quiet cats, florals that are forever...
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Keeping Up with @TheProspectives
Shitty sublets, broken hearts, and old-fashioned dreams of “making it” are just a few of themes you’ll find in @TheProspectives, an Instagram-published serial now in its second installment. (Each day,...
View ArticleTeenage Dreams
If ever you want a great conversation-starter, bring up the topic of first celebrity crushes. It’s sure to beget some really great, illuminating responses based on the person you’re talking to. I’ve...
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This Is Our Youth
Rookie, a site for teenagers, is a magical place. Started in 2011 by then-15-year-old Tavi Gevinson, it has since grown into a powerful community of creative, progressive voices and thinkers of all...
View ArticleGone Guy
Since its release in 2012, every publisher has been marketing their next thriller as “the next Gone Girl,” but rarely do the books deliver such a tall order. Oddly enough, I think 25-year old Brazilian...
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Playing With Food
Artist and author Lisa Hanawalt has a big heart and a perverted, creative mind. Lucky for us, both are on display in her newest book, Hot Dog Taste Test (Drawn & Quarterly), which takes several of...
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Sex and the City
If you live in New York there’s a chance Isaac Oliver has keenly observed you in public. If you’ve responded to him on a gay hookup app or website then the chances are even higher (and infinitely more...
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