White Girls

The long-awaited unclassifiable collection of short pieces by Hilton Als finds the essayist riffing on a vast array of cultural tropes, all subsumed under his chosen title that even includes Truman Capote and Michael Jackson.

Art & Grace

December 23: “To me, what men and women can do with their hands and heads is often as beautiful as mountains and can be more so.”  

Cryptic Craze

December 21: “Naturally, with this hobby in common, the young people saw a great deal of one another; for George was always looking in at the vicarage to ask her if she knew a word of seven letters…”