I wrote about the General Idea retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada for Surface’s Design Dispatch newsletter, online June 2022.
APERTURE: “How Pictures Can Shape an Essential History of Queer Life”
I interviewed author and curator Stephen Vider for Aperture, online February 2022.
THE NEW YORKER: “The Queer Past Gets Deleted on eBay”
I wrote about artists and scholars who have relied on the auction site to tell queer histories, and eBay’s banning of “sexual materials” for The New Yorker, online August 2021.
ARTFORUM: “Glitter in the Air: Tabboo! 1982-88”
I profiled Tabboo! on the occasion of a new monograph of his early work for ArtForum, online August 2021.
THE NEW YORKER: “How DeForrest Brown, Jr., Centers the Black Body in Techno Music”
I profiled the musician and theorist for the New Yorker, online August 2020.
PITCHFORK: The Best Music Books of 2019
I wrote about Patrick Cowley’s Mechanical Fantasy Box for Pitchfork, online December 2019.
PITCHFORK: Gavilán Rayna Russom’s “The Envoy”
I reviewed the new album by Gavilán Rayna Russom for Pitchfork, online December 2019.
INTERIOR DESIGN: 10 Questions with…Richard Saul Wurman
I profiled the author, information designer, and inventor of the TED Talk for Interior Design, online June 2019.
THE NEW YORKER: Seymour Stein’s “Siren Song” Recounts a Career Co-Starring Madonna, the Ramones, Talking Heads, and the Smiths
I reviewed Stein’s memoir for The New Yorker, online June 2018.
SLATE: “I’m Not for Everyone”: A Conversation with Tig Notaro
I profiled the comic and author for Slate, online June 2016.
SLATE: “I’m Neither a Subject nor Provider of Beef”: A Conversation with Carrie Brownstein
I interviewed the musician and author for Slate, online October 2015.
TIME: These American Lives: David Rakoff’s Tribute to the Underdog
I profiled the late writer for Time, July 22nd, 2013.
TIME: Gifted and Talented: In a Sparkling New Novel, Friends Grow Into–or Out of–Their Ambition
I reviewed Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings for Time, April 22nd, 2013.
TIME: Speak, Memory: Aleksandar Hemon’s Great Subject Is His Own Extraordinary Life
I profiled the writer for Time, March 25th, 2013.