Thursday, no two ways about it, is one of the slow days. With the week no longer young, and the promise of Friday still hanging elusively around the bend of… Read more »

Beyoncé’s new visual album, Lemonade, dropped last weekend (ICYMI) and, in addition to being what Carrie Battan called “a window into the soul of an icon whose inner life has… Read more »

The passing of the Purple One has occasioned a busy day for music journalists. But what are they up to when our heroes aren’t dying? In an excellent Los Angeles… Read more »

What’s the difference between a 16-year old in Sweden and a 16-year old in Britain? In Britain, the government is planning to axe the study of gender equality and patriarchy… Read more »

Of the many ways to bond with strangers on a beautiful summer’s day, you can’t beat walking and talking for hours on end. So Melville House and Book Riot (with the… Read more »

The Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was already having a pretty good year—she was named one of Foreign Policy’s “Top Global Thinkers,” and her third novel, Americanah, was published to… Read more »