IIt’s been a decade since Olivia Laing published The Lonely City, a blend of memoir and cultural analysis on the isolation of urban life. Lange – who is non-binary – had moved to Manhattan after a love affair that ended abruptly. Once there, they were surprised by their feelings of loneliness. Laing observed that “You
I’m very selective about backpacks, and while Osprey Tempest Velocity 30 It’s not perfect, it’s close enough. The backpack, especially for women, is one of the most subjective accessories. What works beautifully for one body may be completely ineffective on another body, and in my 8 years of mountaineering, backpacking, and hiking, I’ve only really
Plot of A Little Bit Bad Sounds like the setup for a joke: “Like, this white woman is lusting after her hot Chicano roofer?” The narrator Perdita Jungfrau is describing her situation. “Yuck.” It is 2009 and Perdita is 39 when she meets 25-year-old Nando, who is working on the roof next door. “Burned out”
Over three decades, Ghosh has produced a brilliant series of consistently smart, consistently exploratory novels. He’s at Ohtani-level, his ambition made it all the more unrealistic. Dude’s always swinging for the fences. Which brings us to Ghosh’s latest novel. How to describe the wild “Ghost-Eye”? “Ghost-Eye” is about Varsha, a 3-year-old girl from Calcutta in
TeaIt’s the last day of maternity leave, and an unnamed mother of two has decided to celebrate a “Yes Day” full of treats and good feelings. Of course it doesn’t go according to plan: behavior is lacking, misjudged and underappreciated; Good feelings are fleeting, quickly extinguished by worry, guilt, or humiliation. This familiar-sounding scenario is
TeaHere in hell there is a special place reserved for those doctors who trade their authority, status and medical training to make money out of public fear and gullibility. Every time I scroll past a qualified therapist promoting elixirs promising youthful vigor, cellulite-free thighs or a gut microbiome makeover, I want to puke their insidious
Writing in line with Cixous’s demands, Magalleque also uses these revelations to help understand her life, deftly moving the reader between her distant past and her present, personal encounters with desire, miscarriage, birth, ambition. She describes her grandmother’s cooking and self-deception, reconstructing the violence of her own labor and delivery. Much of the world his
“When I saw the podcast on the menu on Netflix, I knew it was over.” Veteran podcaster and comedian Marc Maron said this during a live taping with kara swisher Monday night, part of Tribeca Festival: Opening Day of the Podcast Stage. Maron reflects the mood surrounding the industry’s undeniable pivot to video, which has
AT33, French author Edouard Louis has already seen all seven of his slim novels translated into English. In his breakout debut, The End of Eddy (2017), and then in Change (2024), he wrote about the bullied gay son of a promising kid from a poor family who becomes a bestselling author. Several of his other
Hair loss prevention isn’t exactly the sexiest thing I’ve seen in my thirties, but here we are. For the last few years, I have started every morning with four marigold flowers Nutrafol Capsule before I finish my coffee. And unlike other health habits I’ve stuck with over the years, this one has actually stuck. Like