1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (400+ words) You modeled the storefront scene after an “everyday New York apartment.” In what ways did your own homes, in New York, Austin, and Mexico, influence the layout of the installation? My New York living and work home is slowly becoming…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (102+ words) On the first searingly hot day of the summer, Jordan Wolfson stands inside his Los Angeles studio space wedged into a nondescript office park. “There’s a dance between what’s true and what’s not true.” — Jordan Wolfson “The persona isn’t my…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (616+ words) In the midst of America’s political turmoil, arts institutions are parsing their place in the revolution. Over at Los Angeles’s Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), participation is paramount. Chief Curator and Deputy Director Katy Dammers went into the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (422+ words) Josh Silver, the author of Fruit Fly, this summer’s surprise bestseller, started out as an actor. Can you tell me about your relationship to the word contemporary—both what it feels like for you to be an author in our…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1655+ words) The Disappearers is ultimately a novel of erasure. Characters vanish from their communities and the narrative after the attack, either by choice or by force. Queer life is pushed to the margins by a society shaped under great power imbalances....