Category Archives : Culture Vulture


top o’ the pile: 17 writers share their nightstand reads (from rick moody and lynne tillman to edmund white and eileen myles)

THIS IS FROM MY LATEST HUFFPOST PIECE, cheers! (sorry that so many links to various titles among author bios got cut/unlinked).   Summer reading lists are as ubiquitous as the inevitable heat, and while I’m always interested in what writers are reading, I find this genre — if that’s the right word — a bit […]


the fire gods of glitter: hunter reynolds on the art of healing

(also published in Huffpost) The desire to inspire others to keep on going regardless of the suffering and hardships encountered in life is a noble pursuit in art, and a tall order at that. But the desire to inspire others to find in their suffering and hardship the makings of beauty and healing — well, […]


e.v. day and kembra pfahler on their project, “giverny”: unedited

An edited version of this interview was published in Time Out, New York, April 16, 2012, http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/interview-e-v-day-and-kembra-pfahler. All images by moi. E.V. Day and Kembra Pfahler, “Giverny” After years of neglect following World War II, Monet’s famous Giverny house and gardens were restored to their former glory in 1980 and reopened to the public. The […]