Craft

Heartbreak with Humor
Margaret Malone on her new story collection, People Like You

By Alex Behr

"It was one of those weird things where I wrote it and then I was like, Did I write myself into that role?" Margaret Malone on musicality in prose, the influence of photography, and how she exorcised demons by writing a character who had what she wanted. more

Aside

Traffic Sign Makes Marquee Writer's Life a Nightmare
Fans of Band Night Wing Disappointed Again

Any attempt at advertising Ladies' Night places the establishment at risk of immediate shutdown by the police. more

Theater

Art is Stronger than Absinthe
The magic of Sleep No More

by Evan P. Schneider

It seemed as though I might have accidentally signed my wife and I up for some sort of crazy underground sex play—with my coworker. Had I inadvertently purchased us tickets to a interactive performance of Eyes Wide Shut? more

Welles at 100

Film it Slant
Male vanity in The Third Man

By Dan DeWeese

In The Third Man, director Carol Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker found a new meaning for the Dutch angle. And the male whose vanity is under examination isn't even played by Orson Welles. more

Welles at 100

In the Shadow of Its Reputation
Is Citizen Kane really the best movie ever made?

By Dan DeWeese

Citizen Kane is grand. It is imposing. It is solemn, majestic, and momentous. But is it moving? more

The Minor Critic

Hip-Hop and Hummingbirds
On location with Swiggle Mandela

By Henry Sullivan

A Portland hip-hop artist builds a fan base one conversation—and music video—at a time. more

Inquiry

The Cost of Convenience
Andrew Callaway on service work in an app-driven universe

By Jonah Hall

Andrew Callaway recorded his experience working nothing but "sharing economy" jobs for a month in San Francisco. Jonah Hall chats with him about the political ramifications of convenience and the value of bathing (metaphorically) in the reality of public transport. more

Reading Lines

Isn't Love Revision?
Brenda Shaughnessy's real question

By Wendy Bourgeois

This became my mantra in the coming weeks: Not my body not my choice not my body not my choice, over and over until the words began slowly to gain ground. more