LOOKING
Mike Albo on Cock Cages, Cult Workouts, and the End of Youth Culture
December 4, 2025
The writer and comedian joined us to talk about his new audiobook, “Hologram Boyfriends,” and desire in the digital age.
ARCHIVES
Photographer Allan Tannenbaum Saw Elton John Come Alive at the Disco
December 2, 2025
In an exclusive excerpt from “Elton John: Icon,” the photographer Allan Tannenbaum recalls his encounters with the Rocket Man and Andy Warhol at Studio 54.
NOW PLAYING
4Columns’ Melissa Anderson Looks Back on 25 Years of Reviewing Movies
December 1, 2025
The longtime film critic, whose reviews have been collected in a new book called “The Hunger,” joined us to discuss movie star aura and the bittersweet end of 4Columns.
SMOKE BREAK
Carmen Winant on The Last Safe Abortion and the Future of Feminist Photography
November 21, 2025
In this week’s Smoke Break, we caught up with Carmen Winant at Photo Paris after her performative lecture, “What Is a Feminist Picture?”
IN CONVERSATION
What Jen Percy Discovered About Sexual Violence While Writing Girls Play Dead
November 19, 2025
Earlier this month, the National Magazine Award-winning writer joined us to discuss her new book, a comprehensive investigation into peoples’ physical responses to sexual violence.
IN CONVERSATION
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Tells Painter Nicole Wittenberg Why He Isn’t a Billionaire
November 6, 2025
Last month, the Wikipedia co-founder paid artist Nicole Wittenberg a visit at her downtown studio to talk about his memoir, “The Seven Rules of Trust,” and the toxic state of the internet today.
IN CONVERSATION
Frauds, Frenemies, and Flat Earthers: Inside Anika Jade Levy’s Debut Novel
November 5, 2025
In her debut novel “Flat Earth,” the author sends up the downtown arts scene. Before its release, she joined fellow millennial satirist Halle Butler to go further down the rabbit hole.
Author
Charlie Porter and Hilton Als on Love, Sex, and Speculative Fiction
October 27, 2025
For our Fall 2025 issue, the writers discuss fashion month memories and Porter’s new novel, Nova Scotia House.
SMOKE BREAK
Inside Stephanie LaCava’s Novel of Dissociation, Death Metal, and Espionage
October 20, 2025
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we joined the author of “I Fear My Pain Interest You” at the New York launch of her new spy novel, “Nymph.”
MEMOIR
Lukas Gage: When Fame Meets Shame
October 15, 2025
“if you looked at my life on paper,” says the 30-year-old actor, “it’s pretty insane that this fuck-up from San Diego is getting married on The Kardashians.”
IN CONVERSATION
Inside Herculine, the Demonic Trans Horror Novel You’ve Been Waiting For
October 9, 2025
To mark the publication of her debut novel, the author Grace Byron joined Substack princess Rayne Fisher-Quann to talk faith, jealousy, suffering, and demons.
IN CONVERSATION
Natasha Stagg and Tish Weinstock on Goths, Girlhood, and Grand Rapids
October 7, 2025
To mark the launch of her new novel, “Grand Rapids,” author Natasha Stagg fielded some deep questions from her internet friend and fellow writer Tish Weinstock.
XXX
Matt Lambert Brings Wolfgang Tillmans Inside His Naughty Underworld
October 6, 2025
“I’m a captain and a conduit,” says the photographer, whose sixth book comes out this month. “I’m just creating a play space for all these energies to come together.”
XXX
“Fucking Is a Form of Knowledge”: Kay Gabriel, in Conversation with Hari Nef
October 2, 2025
To mark the release of her latest book, “Perverts,” the poet joined Hari Nef for a wide-ranging conversation about queer nightlife, organizing, and making art.
IN CONVERSATION
Nicholas Boggs and Richie Shazam on the Love Affairs That Shaped James Baldwin
September 24, 2025
With “Baldwin: A Love Story,” the author Nicholas Boggs has written the definitive biography of one of America’s greatest writers. Last month, he joined his old friend Richie Shazam to explain how he did it.
MEDUSA
Eileen Myles and Versace? It Makes More Sense Than You’d Think.
September 16, 2025
To mark a new era under the auspices of creative director Dario Vitale, the Milanese house enlisted the poet and novelist to contribute to the first chapter of “Versace Embodied.”
ICON
“I Would Hate to Be Young Right Now”: Sally Mann Looks Back on Her Life in Pictures
September 16, 2025
“I’m a romantic, but hard-nosed,” said the photographer, who’s authored a new memoir about her art and life. “Photographically, I think of myself as kind of a hard-nosed pictorialist.”
SMOKE BREAK
Richard Turley and Lucas Mascatello on Bad Trends, Egregious Typos, and Civilization Issue 7
September 15, 2025
Issue Seven of the charmingly impractical newsprint “Civilization” is full of pleas, regrets, and confessions. To celebrate the launch, we grilled its two publishers over a cigarette.
BROTHERS
“This Is Not an Apology Tour”: Charlie Sheen, in Conversation With Emilio Estevez
September 9, 2025
Eight years after getting sober, the 60-year-old Hollywood icon is finally ready to talk about his fall from grace. Who better to coax him out of his shell than his older brother Emilio Estevez?
PILLS
P.E. Moskowitz on Hangovers, Hysteria, and America’s Chemical Romance
September 9, 2025
“It’s not that the drugs are bad,” says the author and critic, “but we’re asking the wrong thing of them. There’s no way to cure people into a sick society.”