Arts & Culture
The sounds of my mother’s typewriter
Lying in bed and listening, I heard devotion. And creativity. And mystery.
The holy simplicity of artist John August Swanson
His art is like the man who created it: joyful, loving, and gently curious.
The beauty of representation in children’s books
“I was a child who loved to read. But I didn’t see a lot of characters that looked like me.”
Miriam Toews explores religious trauma through the voice of a nine-year-old
Swiv isn’t an unreliable narrator, but she’s living in a world that feels unreliable.
Cooking my way through Africa’s east coast
Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen offer a rare thing: an English-language cookbook of African food that isn’t from Ethiopia.
Watching The Green Knight and Nine Days on the big screen
Both movies made me grateful for directors with risky, new visions—and the space to enjoy them.
Literature in the wild
Nick Ripatrazone invites us into the wilderness with some of his favorite writers.
