The word “curate” has its roots in medieval Latin–cura “care” and curare “cure.” If curating now connotes choosing the right art for gallery walls, it began with a church curate…
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Place names often sound to me like incantations. If the whole world can be conjured by shapes drawn and labeled on a map, then this world is surely the result…
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Creative NonfictionCultureFeaturedMusicI don’t know what they’re talking about. But the music is good. by Jeff Alessandrelli
Illustration Credit: Zachary Schomburg Excerpt from The Man on High—Essays on skateboarding, hip-hop, poetry and The Notorious B.I.G. “Since his first album, Jay-Z has simplified his intricate rhyme style: his…
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A Personal Account of Post-Election Loss I. The eclipse darkened the sky and drained the color from our skin. We were leaden statues standing in the pale grass. Every…
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Photo Credit: Max Lovy It was raining the morning of October 6, 1973—the day before my eighth birthday, and the day of the Yom Kippur War—so they put a…
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Photo Credit: Benjamin M. Johnson This is not a meditation on cannibalism or its function as “last taboo” but a direct translation of my kidneys, which are the shape…
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1 Meeting I have frequented a myriad of gyms for over a decade, and never have I been so immediately struck by another patron as I was by Houdah Abotteen…
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Image credit: Oh My Disney Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1997, McDonalds released a series of plastic plates to go with their Happy Meals, plates with the likes…
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Do you have a fence around your house A wall marking the borders of your yard A gate to enter the premises How many doors locks alarms Is it your…
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Image Credit: Liat Berdugo, Hat Credit: Lee Tusman Often we work with holes. In understanding. Often set out without knowing where. Often distrust narratives. Never need struggle over the…
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Rachel McLeod Kaminer: Monice! So there’s this movie coming out, Detroit, and I’m immediately hearing criticism from my little corner of the internet. I haven’t seen it. Neither have you.…
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Francis Alÿs The Fabiola Project at The Menil Collection on exhibit through May 13, 2018 Scramble for the Past The Stones Talk book Editor: İlkay Baliç Design: Esen Karol 216…
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ArtCultureFilmTelevisionMisogyny, personal experiences, and numbers: Izzy Lee talks sexism in the film industry
As a filmmaker, journalist, and film programmer, I attend festivals all the time. Sometimes one of my films is playing; sometimes I’m there to review films. The most recent festival…
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I don’t know if it’s because of living on an island, but water has always been a source of inspiration for me. As a result of this, I have always…
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