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Akwaeke Emezi Wants to Burn It All Down
June 15, 2021
The “Dear Senthuran” author takes us beyond the blank page and into their process.
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Lisa Taddeo’s Writing Routine Involves Lucky Charms and Her Daughter’s Tears
June 8, 2021
The “Animal” author takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.
Healing Towards Progress
Natalia Mantini Is Making Self-Care Accessible in Her New Photo Series
June 2, 2021
As part of Google Pixel and SN37’s Creator Labs, “Healing Towards Progress” is an ode to meditative still life.
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Kristen Arnett Gets Her Best Ideas at the Bar
June 1, 2021
The “With Teeth” author takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.
Rough Draft
Jamal Jordan Wants to Have Dinner with Maya Angelou and James Baldwin
May 25, 2021
The “Queer Love in Color” author takes us beyond the blank page and into his process.
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Saint Laurent’s New Collaboration is a Quirky and Electric Fantasyland
May 19, 2021
The French luxury fashion house has teamed up with Memphis Milano for its latest Rive Droite project.
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Kiley Reid Is Reading About Swimming Pools and Socialism
May 18, 2021
The “Such a Fun Age” author takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.
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It’s Summertime, and the Living’s Easy in Fendi’s New Collection
May 13, 2021
The perfect companion for your Hot Girl Summer antics.
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How Psychic Vampires and Silence of the Lambs Inspired Caroline Kepnes’s You Series
May 11, 2021
Before curling up with “You Love Me,” the author’s latest installment of the Netflix-adapted series, read how she got it done.
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Sunny Hostin’s New Beach Read Was Inspired by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Sonia Sotomayor
May 4, 2021
The “Summer on the Bluffs” author and co-host of “The View” takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.
NICE TO MEET YOU
The R&B Duo NULA’s Music is a Sign of the Times
May 3, 2021
Nadiah and Luke discuss their timely new single “Tone Deaf,” and what it means to be homegrown.
Rorschach Test
Kalen Allen Sounds Off on Birth Charts, Blockbuster, and Beyoncé
April 30, 2021
“Well sweetheart, look, when you do clownery, the clown comes back to bite.”
fashion!
Zoë Kravitz and Hailey Bieber Turn Heads in Saint Laurent’s Latest Collection
April 28, 2021
The Winter ’21 virtual front row was a star-studded affair.
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Bolu Babalola is Always Returning to Toni Morrison and bell hooks
April 27, 2021
The “Love in Color” author takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.
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Sanjena Sathian Wants to Go to the Met Ball with Zadie Smith
April 21, 2021
The “Gold Diggers” author takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.
fashion!
Chloë Sevigny and Indya Moore Look for a Lost Charlotte Gainsbourg in This Short Film
April 14, 2021
Directed by Jim Jarmusch, Saint Laurent’s “French Water” is an ode to the dinner parties of yesteryear.
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Moncler and Craig Green Bring it Back Down to Earth
April 13, 2021
A collection inspired by the great outdoors.
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Hanif Abdurraqib’s Favorite Poets are Muhammad Ali and Allen Iverson
April 13, 2021
The “A Little Devil in America” author takes us beyond the blank page and into his process.
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The Dance Collective (LA)HORDE Discusses Their New Collaboration with Isabel Marant
April 9, 2021
“Art is essential.”
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Helen Oyeyemi on Why Writing is Like “Inner Space Travel”
April 6, 2021
The “Peaces” author takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.