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Interview • Jan 19, 2021
“I’m Not an Assassin!”: Fran Lebowitz on Not Sleeping, Not Writing, and Not Naming Names
Fran Lebowitz, the writer, cultural critic, and professional raconteur, spoke with me over the phone via landline, as she famously doesn’t own a cell phone or computer. Had COVID-19 not been the new reality, we probably would have met at some vintage New York landmark, like The Players Club or McSorley’s Old Ale House. Though a tried and true New Yorker, the author of the sardonic social commentaries …
Newsday • July 1, 2020
'All Boys Aren't Blue': A memoir of growing up gay and black
Finding himself at the intersection of two historically marginalized identities, George M. Johnson learned early on that the world could be an unforgiving place. “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” his memoir of growing up both gay and black in New Jersey, serves as something of a survival guide for other young queer adults of color.
PANK • APRIL 10, 2019
If This is Freedom, Enslave Me (a preface)
If we can’t write with complexity and a jaundiced eye about ourselves, what good is representation? If we can’t discomfit our readers and compel contemplation, why endeavor any artistic or intellectual pursuit? These questions began to weigh on me after reading a 2017 New York Times interview with the literary luminary Edmund White about the state of homosexuality in literature and popular culture…
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CULTURE CONNECTION
Interviews with writers, filmmakers, journalists, artists, actors, dancers, and designers for The Queens Public Library.
An Evening with Iconic Author Joyce Carol Oates
A Talk with Filmmaker Jason Loftus and Illustrator Daxiong