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Adam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
“I think a man is his own God and can decide for himself what’s right and wrong,” Ross said. “As a man, I decide for myself.”
Nick Bilton • American Kingpin: Catching the Billion-Dollar Baron of the Dark Web
The result is that we largely end up going to writers of color to learn the specific—and go to white writers to feel the universal.
Elaine Castillo • How to Read Now: Essays
He conducts an ongoing interrogation about what it all means. What’s black culture? What’s hip-hop? What are the responsibilities of a society and the people in it? And his inquiry isn’t bloodlessly academic, either; there’s something very consequential about his approach.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald
thenation.com
This has fractured the essay into competing mediums. “Articles” use factoids to make mechanical arguments, while “opinion pieces” weave feelings in an organic stream. In articles, the author has no presence. In personal essays, the author’s presence is all there is. One optimizes for objective truth, the other for subjective honesty, and both camps... See more
4 Types of Material in Every Essay
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
The Will Smith event is representative of many of our cultural narratives today: the continued downfall of the unhinged elite, free speech and accountability, and the evolving (or devolving) norms of masculinity.