Sep 19 Watch 3:11 Toyin Ojih Odutola on connecting with others through portraiture Toyin Ojih Odutola was born in Nigeria but moved to the U.S. as a child. When her classmates hesitated to interact with her “otherness,” Toyin turned to drawing as an alternate world in which to immerse herself. She found that… Continue watching
Sep 19 9 books about dance that will change how you see the art form By Elizabeth Flock Those who write about dance are trying to capture the specificity and physicality through words. A number of books can change our understanding. Continue reading
Sep 19 National Book Awards longlist includes titles on border wall, Tribe Called Quest By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Hanif Abdurraqib's best-selling chronicle of A Tribe Called Quest and a memoir by chef Iliana Regan are among the works on the nonfiction longlist for the National Book Awards, as well as Greg Grandin's "The End of the Myth" about… Continue reading
Sep 17 Why Sally Rooney forces herself to slow down as she writes By Elizabeth Flock “I find that when I force myself to slow the pace down a little, I can discover sensory and psychological details I missed or elided in the first draft,” says Rooney, author of "Conversations with Friends."… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 7:56 How Lilly Singh is making late-night TV history By Amna Nawaz, Kira Wakeam In less than a decade, YouTube star Lilly Singh has gone from internet sensation to host of a broadcast TV show, "A Little Late with Lilly Singh," which debuts Monday on NBC. Amna Nawaz sat down with Singh recently on… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 3:06 Angel Otero's brief but spectacular take on discovering his artistic voice Artist Angel Otero’s brand of visual storytelling is a unique one: he creates oil skins from paint poured onto glass and peeled off in sheets once it dries. But as a child growing up in Puerto Rico, Otero had a… Continue watching
Sep 16 Lilly Singh on 3 YouTube creators to watch By Joshua Barajas Lilly Singh is about to go from Internet star to late-night TV host with her new program, "A Little Late With Lilly Singh" premiering on NBC this week. Singh, who plans on featuring fellow YouTube creators on her show, shares… Continue reading
Sep 13 'No homeland, no fear': A conversation with the radical art collective that imagines a borderless America By Elizabeth Flock "Performance artists cannot escape censorship or controversy. It comes with the job," said Guillermo Gómez-Peña of the performance art troupe La Pocha Nostra. Continue reading
Sep 13 The country song that's stuck in Ken Burns' head By Joshua Barajas "It's haiku. It's distilled poetry, the essence of what human communication can be."… Continue reading