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What Does It Mean to Eat What You Fear?
28 September 2021
What Does It Mean to Eat What You Fear?
THE BOX JELLYFISH pulses through the water, so translucent it appears more outline than flesh, with its dropped handkerchief of…
When Dasani Left Home
28 September 2021
When Dasani Left Home
The city shrinks from view. Cars pass along the highway. Dasani Coates looks out the window, seeing trees and snowy…
How My Phone’s Most Annoying Feature Saved My Life
28 September 2021
How My Phone’s Most Annoying Feature Saved My Life
My cousin left this message for me three months into my freshman year of college. His Chicago accent was so…
How an Architect’s Descendants Brought His Crumbling House Back to Life
27 September 2021
How an Architect’s Descendants Brought His Crumbling House Back to Life
IN THE MID-1940s, while serving as the director of public works in Guadalajara, Mexico, the architect Rafael Urzúa Arias slated…
A Cartier Tiara for Life’s Grandest Occasions
27 September 2021
A Cartier Tiara for Life’s Grandest Occasions
A tiara is never worn casually. Unlike a necklace or bracelet, which can be little more than a simple rope…
How to Build Roller Skates
25 September 2021
How to Build Roller Skates
Ever since the pandemic forced everyone to find new hobbies, roller-skating has been a hit, with dancers and daredevils going…
In Louisiana, a Haunting Landscape
24 September 2021
In Louisiana, a Haunting Landscape
In each installment of The Artists, T highlights a recent or little-seen work by a Black artist, along with a…
In Brooklyn, a Couple With Opposing Tastes Strike a Balance
24 September 2021
In Brooklyn, a Couple With Opposing Tastes Strike a Balance
AS A CHILD in Virginia, Michael Brown collected birds’ nests, stamps and mounted beetles and butterflies. By the age of…
In a Fading Portuguese Village, the Gardens Bloom Again
24 September 2021
In a Fading Portuguese Village, the Gardens Bloom Again
IN 2013, JOSE Luís Vasconcellos e Sousa, a now-62-year-old retired private bank executive living in Estoril, Portugal, cold-called the legendary…
On a 19th-Century Farm, an Otherworldly Creative Retreat
23 September 2021
On a 19th-Century Farm, an Otherworldly Creative Retreat
AS YOU PASS through the cast-iron gates that lead to the artist Agnès Debizet’s country studio on an old farm…