In Conversation: Vladimir Sorokin and Keith Gessen
Vladimir Sorokin, considered by many to be the next Roberto Bolaño, is one of Russia's most accomplished and well-regarded novelists and dramatists. English translations of his masterpieces, Ice Trilogy… More
Minoru Ozawa: Haiku
A ghost! / Just a knot / on the bathroom wallFrom the black depths / of the toilet bowl / a ghost emergesA woman stands transfixed / before the… More
Ghost in a Red Hat
Ghost in a Red Hat —these cabbages under full sail, these ancient walls smothered in ivy and wisteria with its purple froth: in my middle age and sensible girthI rememberstarving.I… More
Working Day: De-Gentrify New York and Give Her Back to the World
April 28, 2011 | Old School | New York CityWith Samuel R. Delany, Jonas Hassan Khemiri, and Reno; curated by Sarah SchulmanJoined by two festival participants, three classic New York… More
Working Day: Education, Knowledge, Learning
April 28, 2011 | Old School | New York CityWith Marcelo Figueras, Esther Klein Friedman, Juan Carlos Mestre, Gunnhild Øyehaug, and Shanley Rhodes; curated by Eric Pliner. Debates about the nature… More
Working Day: New Orleans
April 28, 2011 | Old School | New York CityWith Sarah Broom, Richard Campanella, Fatima Shaik, and Billy Sothern; curated by Nathaniel Rich New Orleans has long been a city from… More
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