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15 Perfect Gifts for 15 Famous Writers

15 Perfect Gifts for 15 Famous Writers

Just in Case One of These People is on Your List

By Emily Temple | December 19, 2018

When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of <em>Time</em>

When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of Time

On Evolving Standards of Black Beauty in the 1990s

By Joan Morgan | August 14, 2018

Who Decides What's Tacky Anyway?

Who Decides What's Tacky Anyway?

On Bad Taste and Leopard Print in the 1970s

By Jo Weldon | August 2, 2018

When Wilde Met Whitman

When Wilde Met Whitman

As He Told a Friend Years Later, "The Kiss of Walt Whitman is Still on My Lips"

By Michèle Mendelssohn | July 16, 2018

How Tango Rewired My Brain... and My Body

How Tango Rewired My Brain... and My Body

Meghan Flaherty on the Highs and Lows of Learning to Dance

By Meghan Flaherty | June 21, 2018

Galaxies Unto Themselves: Lorna Simpson's Collages of Black Women's Hair

Galaxies Unto Themselves: Lorna Simpson's Collages of Black Women's Hair

"Black Women are the Shimmering Surface and the Power Beneath"

By Elizabeth Alexander | June 6, 2018

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Why Is Caring About Fashion Considered Unserious?

By madison moore | April 19, 2018

When Vogue Went to Russia

By Michael Idov | February 21, 2018

Let's Talk About the Fantasy of the Writer's Lifestyle

By Rosalie Knecht | January 31, 2018

Enjoying the Fleeting Nature of Theater, in the Wake of Cancer

Enjoying the Fleeting Nature of Theater, in the Wake of Cancer

Dan O'Brien Reflects on the Dramaturgical Beat

By Dan O'Brien | January 24, 2018

The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

Yellow Books, L. Frank Baum's Emerald, and The Color Purple

By Kassia St. Clair | October 27, 2017

The Greatest Goths in Literary History

The Greatest Goths in Literary History

From Mary Shelley to Maurice Sendak

By Emily Temple | August 30, 2017

Young, Gifted, and Black: On the Politicization of Nina Simone

Young, Gifted, and Black: On the Politicization of Nina Simone

Examining Lorraine Hansberry's Impact on an American Genius

By Malik Gaines | August 23, 2017

Andy Warhol's Superstars and the Invention of Downtown New York

Andy Warhol's Superstars and the Invention of Downtown New York

On a Modern Master of Surfaces and the Entourage He Created

By Victor P. Corona | July 20, 2017

Celebrities: They're Not Just Like Us

Celebrities: They're Not Just Like Us

As Julie Klam Understands, That's the Entire Point

By Emily Harnett | July 19, 2017

Nancy Mitford, Inventor of Eccentric English Style

Nancy Mitford, Inventor of Eccentric English Style

On the (Very) Strong Fashion Opinions of a British Icon

By Terry Newman | June 19, 2017

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