Zoë Lance.

  • Think Tank: My Year of Reading Books by Women

    In 2016, I had two crystallizing experiences about the kinds of books I read. Crystallizing Experience #1: I have had a Barnes and Noble edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray that I bought in high school for no reason I can remember and never got around to finishing. I recall trying to get through the first two chapters…

  • What I Read: December 2016

    To help me stay on track in my 2016 goals, I documented the books I read all year. I want to make sure I get out some thoughts close enough to December, so I’m sticking with the three-sentence model I’ve been using the past few months. Here’s what I read at the end of 2016:…

  • Link Party: My Favorite Links of 2016

    What a day, what a year, what a life. 2016 was a really weird year for me, creatively. I’ve had all of these ideas swimming in my head: things to see, make and talk about. But whenever I tried to sort those ideas out and put them down on paper or in a post, I…

  • Link Party: 12/12-12/16

    Here’s what I’ve read lately: 1. “My President Was Black,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This is essential reading. 2. I love Instagram poet Cleo Wade‘s posts. 3. The meme of the year was emails. 4. The history behind octopi wearing top hats. 5. The greatness of Teen Vogue. Have a great week.

  • Link Party: 12/5-12/9

    Here’s what I’ve read lately: 1. These stories about Prince are incredible. 2. Rei Kawakubo and the impossible task of her Met retrospective. 3. Dinner with the guy who revolutionized the science of cooking. 4. If you live in California, you should know the names of these political leaders. 5. 2016 is the year of playing ourselves.…

  • Tune Time: October & November 2016

    Here’s what I’ve been listening to for the past two months: Bon Iver’s 22, A Million. 1. I was an extremely casual fan of Bon Iver before 22, A Million came out, but the YouTube lyric videos pulled me in. I knew enough about Justin Vernon to know that his music swirls in the indie folk…

  • Link Party: 11/28-12/2

    What I’ve read lately: 1. The film J.D. Salinger nearly made of “For Esme, With Love and Squalor.” 2. New York’s dying diner culture. 3. Confessions of an Instagram influencer. 4. FiveThirtyEight asked 8,500 people why they leave comments on the Internet. 5. Donald Crowhurst’s heartbreaking 1969 circumnavigation hoax. And a bonus: Wes Anderson‘s Christmas…

  • What I Read: October & November 2016

    To help me stay on track in my 2016 goals, I’m documenting the books I read all year. I liked the three-sentence reviews I wrote for August and September, so I’m going to do that again. Here’s what I read in October and November: Joan Didion’s Where I Was From. Every time I read a…

  • Link Party: 11/21-11/25

    Here’s what I’ve read lately: 1. The hygge conspiracy and the year’s most overhyped trend. 2. Authenticity in the age of the fake. 3. Reflections on Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball, 50 years later. 4. What was “random“? 5. The Moon Juice gospel of self. And a bonus: Homecoming, the podcast.

  • Link Party: 10/29-11/20

    There hasn’t been much Link Partying around here lately. I need to fix that, and I promise to be more consistent in the last few weeks of 2016 and into 2017. Here’s a party to last you all week. Take your pick: 1. An interview with Frank Ocean. 2. Zadie Smith on the dancers that inspire…