Brian Alessandro on the Defiant Queerness of William S. Burroughs
July 1, 2022
The literary critic tells us about his latest book of essays.
LIT
A Boy’s Own Story is Now a Graphic Novel. Edmund White Has Thoughts.
January 10, 2023
“In a real autobiography, I think your obligation is to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. I don’t like it.”
in conversation
Ten Years Later, the One Tree Hill Cast Is Setting the Record Straight
July 6, 2021
A new podcast from the three female costars of “One Tree Hill” unpacks the moments—good and bad—that unfolded behind the scenes of the iconic teen drama.
zombieland
Hilarie Burton on Living in an Apocalypse Within an Apocalypse for The Walking Dead
February 25, 2021
The “TRL” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor discusses the wonders and weirdness of filming a show about a 10-year pandemic in the midst of COVID shutdowns.
metropolitan life
“I’m Not an Assassin!”: Fran Lebowitz on Not Sleeping, Not Writing, and Not Naming Names
January 19, 2021
The writer, social critic, and professional raconteur discusses bad art and why New York City for the culture is doing more than the entire country.
Marti Gould Allen-Cummings On Truvada, Mitch McConnell, and Sherry Pie
March 18, 2020
The drag artist running for New York City Council sings the praises of Cardi B and Flintstones gummies.
Playwright Matthew Lopez Wants to Hear Your Stories
November 14, 2019
The playwright of Broadway’s “The Inheritance” takes us behind the curtain of his two-part, six-and-a-half-hour meditation on the gay generation gap, AIDS, and storytelling itself.
Author Édouard Louis Says the Unsayable
November 13, 2019
The French author, whose two novels are being brought to the stage, on the inherent violence of everything.
ACTOR
“You Brought the Animal Out of Me”: Drew Starkey, by Omar Apollo
September 2, 2024
The actor had just seen his performance in Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” for the first time when Apollo called him from the road to talk about social circles, solitude, and wild Roman nights.
Techno auteur Daniel Avery is determined to never repeat himself
February 19, 2018
We talked to the London-based producer about his new record and everything he’s excited about in electronic music.