Interview
Discover MFA Programs in Art and Writing
Editing a collection of artist Carolee Schneemann’s writings.
The artists discuss painting landscapes, from transient rays of moonlight to the immensity of environmental changes.
The writer on surrendering, working through her avoidance, and using her body as an anchor.
Layering histories and identity.
Asking the question, “Why are we like this?”
The writers on their latest collaboration, Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War.
An immersive video installation at the Whitney.
The writer on the artistic and emotional merits of reality TV.
Conducting a posthumous interview with science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler.
Performance as a poetry of long duration.
A long-lost recording resurfaces.
“I love titles that sound good in the mouth.”
“All the pieces … are an attempt to unite my mind again, to mend the rupture.”—Howardena Pindell
The writer discusses growing up in the Borscht Belt, the prevalence of literary humor, and the power of feminist punch lines.
Alvin Ailey’s Jamar Roberts on pain, joy, and choreographing to John Coltrane.
Dance as a political confrontation and a place of dreams.
On storytelling, seriality, and a shared love of clichés.
