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Yepoka Yeebo on Her Favorite Bookstores and Literary Con Artists
August 3, 2023
“I guess you could say that WhatsApp and corruption led me to Blay-Miezah.”
STUDIO VISIT
Meet Rachel Stern, the Photographer Reinterpreting Oscar Wilde’s Salome
July 31, 2023
“My heartbreak led me back to Salome.”
IN CONVERSATION
Boots Riley and Tze Chun on Hollywood Diplomacy and Writer’s Room Morale
July 14, 2023
“Do you get stuck reading people’s reactions on social media like I do?”
OPEN BOOK
Ruth Madievsky Wants Readers to Post Nudes of Her New Novel
July 13, 2023
“There’s something so sexy about getting to strip off a book’s dust jacket.”
ON THE STREET!
“It’s Giving Concrete”: The Kids React to Our Jennifer Lawrence Cover
June 22, 2023
Now that our Summer 2023 issue is out in the world, we went to Washington Square Park to get our report card.
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Memoirist Emily Wells Shares Her Guide to the Bookstores of Eastside L.A.
June 16, 2023
“Because it was a matter of time before whatever book I was reading would be confiscated, I learned to read as quickly as possible.”