Zoë Lance.

  • Culture Connoisseur: The Best Books I Read in 2015

    In 2015, I read a respectable 41 books. While I attribute part of the 41 to being a literature student, I read most of the 41 in the last six months post-graduation. I told myself that I would work on filling in the gaps of my literature education and catching up with recent releases, and…

  • Link Party: 12/14-12/18

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Meet the stylist with an insane vintage clothing collection that Kanye West and Rihanna like to borrow. 2. I cosign this Album of the Year nomination for the “Hamilton” soundtrack. 3. I don’t usually read a lot of sports journalism, but this personal essay about childhood abuse from a…

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Thoughts of a Commuter

    For my entire life, I have lived in the same house in the same Southern California town of about 50,000 people. I can drive from one end of town to the other in about 10 minutes. Just about every local shopping center has a huge parking lot, and I don’t think there are any parking meters…

  • Link Party: 12/7-12/11

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Author Jhumpa Lahiri shares her beautiful story of learning Italian. 2. Star Wars: The Merch Awakens. (I love this headline a lot.) 3. I love this idea for a bookstore: curated collections and a more personal experience. 4. A bunch of words will disappear from the verbal section…

  • Link Party: 11/30-12/4

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Read about the original culinary road warriors and their quest to document American cuisine. 2. Sifting through the trash of San Francisco to find art. 3. Tattoos in the fine art world. 4. I didn’t know a lot about SoulCycle besides it being a very expensive spin class, but after reading…

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Being An English Major

    A new series. Life after college is kind of weird. While you’re trying to figure yourself out and what you want, you’re also trying to figure the world out and your place in it. In the last six months, I’ve thought a lot about who I am as a person, what my strengths and weaknesses are…

  • Link Party: 11/23-11/27

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. People actually used to talk at the movies. 2. The Paris Review’s author interviews are really the best. Here’s a fantastic one with Ernest Hemingway. 3. How the New York Times’ City Room blog helped spark its digital evolution. 4. The millennial housing crisis. 5. I first read Nora Ephron’s…

  • Think Tank: Thanksgiving

      Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Despite the history and commercialization (which are complete downers I’m not going to talk about tonight), I think Thanksgiving is a moment that Americans need and need to share. Beyond the food, the thing I love about Thanksgiving is that it’s an opportunity to look closer at your…

  • Link Party: 11/16-11/20

    1. This is a magnum opus on selfies. If you only have time to read one thing in this week’s party, make it this. 2. This article really makes me miss video stores as a cultural institution. Netflix is really and truly The Worst. 3. The history of the siren on Starbucks cups. 4. The phenomenon of…

  • Link Party: 11/9-11/13

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. I loved this article about how the world is still interested in the tenants of punk rock. 2. The Four Seasons is offering a round-the-world trip in 24 days for $120,000. It actually sounds terrible. 3. Let’s talk about why people from Southern California, including myself, through the…