Photo essay: Les Créoles de Gwada
On the morning of my son’s tenth birthday, we rose early to catch the first train to Paris, just [...]
Film: “Hundreds of Beavers”
Imagine pitching this to film investors: The flick is a cross between a Road Runner cartoon, a Buster Keaton comedy, [...]
Shaping words
A couple of months ago, I found myself decluttering with a frenzy. I’ve written articles about the how-to of decluttering, [...]
The cats of Agouza
The British Council, in spite of its fame in certain parts of the world, is an organization that here in [...]
Signs o’ the times
Sign o' the times mess with your mind. Dearly beloved musician Prince reminded us of just this reality, as he [...]
Wrestling with my wants
A few stale phrases — chestnuts, really — of my mother’s came to mind on a recent walk with my [...]
Review: Gun Island
A contemporary retelling of a Bengali myth, Gun Island is a novel brimming with magical realism while simultaneously fraught with [...]
Room to roam
By dint of "room to roam" and write and be, the peregrinating Tina Marisa Rocchio breaks boundaries while crafting a room of her own as a female writer.
New year, old me
I know that normally everyone in January chants “New Year, New Me.” However, it seems like reviving past trends is [...]
Chance encounters
I came across The American | In Italia for the first time in 2019, while I was searching for something [...]
2012, 2025, and everything in between
I remember being about seven years old staying up until midnight with my family. The thirty-first of December 2012. Champagne [...]