Zach Barocas, Diasporist Diarist
Searching for America’s First Black Woman Novelist | The New York Times
In “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts,” Gregg Hecimovich pieces together the story of a woman who fled slavery, and whose manuscript was lost for more than 150 years.
Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück dies at 80 | NPR
“At the end of my suffering / there was a door. / Hear me out: that which you call death / I remember.”
April 8, 2024, Solar Eclipse | NASA
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, United States, and Canada.
Mark your calendar.
Harry Smith Was a Culture-Altering Shaman. Can the Whitney Contain Him? | The New York Times
A solo show takes on the legacy of the painter, folk musicologist, filmmaker, obsessive collector and underground legend. It also hints at what has been lost.
India’s Early Electronic Music From the ’70s Is Finally Being Released | The New York Times
A trove of tapes discovered in a cupboard at the country’s National Institute of Design showcases artists composing early synth recordings on their own terms.
Why Lydia Davis Loves Misunderstandings | The New Yorker
The writer’s painstaking attention to the smallest units of language scales up to momentous questions about how errors of communication shape human relations.