The New York Times – Music:
In an uncategorizable new musical, “Black No More,” the rapper Tariq Trotter investigates Black identity — a matter that has occupied his whole career.
Category: Books and Literature
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The Godmother of ‘Plant-Based’ Living
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Frances Moore Lappé, the author of “Diet for a Small Planet,” which was published 50 years ago and spurred a movement toward vegetarianism, looks back on her legacy.
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The Godmother of ‘Plant-Based’ Living
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Frances Moore Lappé, the author of “Diet for a Small Planet,” which was published 50 years ago and spurred a movement toward vegetarianism, looks back on her legacy.
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The Real Surprise of ‘Passing’: A Focus on Black Women’s Inner Lives
The New York Times – Film:
By making the lesbian attraction between the main characters more explicit, the drama moves beyond mainstream Hollywood’s white gaze.
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Wilbur Smith, Best-Selling Author of Swashbuckling Novels, Dies at 88
The New York Times – Film:
His books were full of lovers, dysfunctional families, pirates and hunters, and set in locations from ancient Egypt to colonial Africa. They sold in the millions.
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The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week
The New York Times – Travel:
An homage to Indian jutti shoes, a Ping-Pong table that’s a canvas — and more.
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How Black Horror Became America’s Most Powerful Cinematic Genre
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Films like ‘Us’ and the recent sequel to ‘Candyman’ are part of a much longer tradition of storytelling, one that often wrestles with the gruesome history of racism.
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How an Artist Listens to the Voices in His Head
The New York Times – Music:
Josh Ritter talks about how his novel “The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All” changed as he wrote it and the importance of creative work that doesn’t eat up its creator.