A look at the new wave of successful young poets representing the diversity of American identity, Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend gets adapted to an HBO series, two writers discuss writing transness in transgressive language, and more.
Read MoreYoung Latinx Artists 23: Beyond Walls, Between Gates, Under Bridges asked up-and-coming Latinx artists and curators to consider and explore the border between the U.S. and Mexico, a flashpoint for so much contemporary political sorrow and strife.
Read MoreYoko Tawada’s The Emissary, newly translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani, takes place following an unnamed disaster which causes Japan to completely cut itself off from the world.
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Read MoreA look at the rise of queer fabulist fiction by women writers, a chronicle of the decade when we almost turned the tide on climate change, controversial poetry from Anders Carlson-Wee and the pitfalls of adopting others’ identities in art, and more.
Read MoreIn Belly Up, all of Rita Bullwinkel’s characters are ghosts, haunted, or both. The cast of ghosts includes: dead strangers, dead husbands, dead neighbors’ husbands, husbands in prison camps, the people that frequent 24-hour donut shops, Floridians, and more.
Read MoreThere exists bad art, intentionally bad art, art remarking on bad practices, and art modifying bad practices. This week in weekend links, we’re reading about bad versus good art, Earth Overshoot Day, and a photographer’s series of stock images showcasing “The New Mods,” a group of young women who seek greater visibility for modestly dressed, typically religious young men and women in the UK media.
Read MoreAuthor Matthew Sharpe speaks with artist Sue Havens about her work, Turkish embroidery, ephemera, raku ceramics, and more.
Read MoreAt what point does artistic emulation and inspiration become plagiarism? In weekend links, the writer R.O. Kwon (of The Incendiaries) shares that she keeps a giant, running document of bits and pieces from books she loves; meanwhile, the photographer of Rihanna’s Vogue shoot faces accusations of ripping off the work of artist Mickalene Thomas. In other news, the PBS series Civilizations offers a supposedly new look at the global history of art, leaving us with a bigger question: what does its title mean? This and more in weekend links.
Read MoreNkosi Nkululeko's work explores the body and how bodies grow into citizens of unjust worlds. The recipient of fellowships from Poets House, the Watering Hole, and Callaloo, Nkululeko shares with us some of his current favorites, including music from R+R+NOW, Rosalind E. Krauss’s Passages in Modern Sculpture, and the works of Isamu Noguchi.
Read MoreDo you know what “aggressive water” is? How about “iceblink”? “Hydropot”? Read our weekend links for H20-related definitions, a review of Adrian Piper’s retrospective at the MoMA, and a look at the new wave of predominantly male-authored fiction in which male protagonists are permitted to be vulnerable.
Read MoreIn an interview with Vulture, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about Melania Trump and expectations of manhood, while a panel of photographers and writers address the importance of creatively depicting climate change. A late artist’s utopian vision of Zaire (now the DRC) made from repurposed trash is on display at the MoMA.
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