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Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools

Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools

Kathleen B. Casey Explores the Connection Between Black Women’s Purses and the Civil Rights Movement

By Kathleen B. Casey | August 21, 2025

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

The Author of “Son of a Bird” Tells the Story of a Family of Facades

By Nin Andrews | April 29, 2025

Diverting Diversions: Mark Haber on Distractions, Literary Digressions, and the Possibilities of Fiction

Diverting Diversions: Mark Haber on Distractions, Literary Digressions, and the Possibilities of Fiction

Brian Castleberry in Conversation with the Author of “Lesser Ruins”

By Brian Castleberry | November 22, 2024

Bookshelves for Your Book Selves: Monica Wood on Why She Organizes Books by Emotion

Bookshelves for Your Book Selves: Monica Wood on Why She Organizes Books by Emotion

The Author of “How to Read a Book” Shares Style Advice for Bibliophiles' Bookcases

By Monica Wood | May 7, 2024

Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

George Makari Talks to the Author of “The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings”

By George Makari | April 11, 2024

Writer, Farmer, Literary Misfit: In Memory of the Late Stanley Crawford

Writer, Farmer, Literary Misfit: In Memory of the Late Stanley Crawford

Alex Trimble Young Remembers a Writer of “Unbrandable” Books

By Alex Trimble Young | March 25, 2024

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Sam Lipsyte on the What and the How of Writing

“Style is your filter on all of this... how it summons language in you, how life comes to be alive on the page.”

By Sam Lipsyte | December 9, 2022

Lessons in the Multitude of Femininity From the World’s Foremost Purveyors of Butt Pads

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By Heather Radke | December 1, 2022

Styling It Out: Or, Using Your Sunday Best as Armor Against Hostility and Racism

Styling It Out: Or, Using Your Sunday Best as Armor Against Hostility and Racism

Mike Gayle on Sartorial Optimism

By Mike Gayle | August 15, 2022

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The 13 weirdest things Ottessa Moshfegh is currently selling online.

By Jonny Diamond | August 11, 2022

Jason Jules on the Subversive Aesthetic of Black Ivy Style

Jason Jules on the Subversive Aesthetic of Black Ivy Style

This Week From the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Freedia | June 27, 2022

Charlie Porter on the Unspoken Language of the Sartorial

Charlie Porter on the Unspoken Language of the Sartorial

“What might an artist’s wardrobe say about their bravery and defiance?”

By Charlie Porter | May 3, 2022

The Untold and Very True Story of <em>The Devil Wears Prada</em>

The Untold and Very True Story of The Devil Wears Prada

On Anna Wintour, a Former Assistant, and the Role That Made an Editor a Celebrity

By Amy Odell | May 3, 2022

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