Here Comes "The Sun"
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A blog that feels its way through the fog of ideas.
Short dispatches on the things that shape my ideas as a writer, critic, and human being.
Naming What Matters: Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, and Power of the Particular
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Their cameras didn’t just capture people—they revealed relationships.
Read MoreMy Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery
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This week, The New Yorker published my letter to the editor about Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, a place I walk through weekly, finding new things to discover each time.
Read MoreFootnotes from a Gay Sensibility
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Hairy legs, bare feet, and a sharp sense of humor: what Interview's sandal feature reveals about a gay sensibility.
Read MoreHauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling
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What started as a campy date night turned into something unexpectedly joyful—and strangely moving.
Read MoreThe Quiet Persistence of Poet Spencer Reece
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Hundreds of rejections later, he sold something. That poem changed his life.
Read MoreJen Ng’s Soundscapes of Williamsburg: Retracing Brooklyn’s DIY Past
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Community advocate Jen Ng believes "if you have the right people and the right kind of vision in mind, then that's a very magical combination for getting shit done.” In this interview, Jen reflects on her journey from AOL chat rooms to Williamsburg's DIY music scene.
Read MoreWhat a Business Card Brought Back to Me
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At a book critics’ lunch, I reconnected with someone from my very first publishing job—without realizing it at first. What came back to me was a quiet moment of encouragement that stayed with me far longer than she probably knew.
Read MoreThe Book Club That Didn't Read Me
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For years, I was part of a book club that shaped how I read—just as much by what we didn’t read as what we did.
Read MoreThe Critics Who Shaped Me
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