In 2018, Marvel Studios released Black Panther, the first major superhero movie with a Black hero, director and a majority Black cast. Its place as a cultural hallmark has been well-documented as the film did not shy away from complicated themes regarding race, identity, and what it means to be Black in both America and…
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In her recent essay “Anxiety and Responsibility: What Stories Can Come From Our Current Moment,” Clare Pollard almost wholly encapsulates a prevailing literary ethos: that the primary function of social novels is social change, that social change lends fiction real-world utility, that its real-world utility makes fiction a craft, that this craft requires labor, and…
As a little kid with an early interest in interior design, I dreamed of what my “grown-up” home would look like one day. While my taste has evolved over the years (I no longer want purple velvet curtains in my dining room), my desire to create a well-designed house has remained the same. And it…