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The photographer Al Thompson captures the residue of gentrification and change in a once-vibrant and diverse suburban town. His sparse, black-and-white palette conveys a tenderness and affection for his subjects.
Read the full story, and see more photos from this collection, here.
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After Kathryn Schulz’s father died, she inherited some of his books: Dickens and Dostoyevsky, biology and natural history, literary fiction and light verse and tragedy. She writes an ode to her father’s love of books, and his haphazard-looking organizational system for storing them.
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The former U.S. Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin, who was known for his antiwar and ecological activism, died last Friday. Since 1955, Merwin published over two hundred works of poetry and prose in our magazine, that speak to the breadth and singularity of his monumental career.
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Hulu’s show “Shrill” presents a likable début with the clever casting of Aidy Bryant, a warm, welcoming comedian from “Saturday Night Live."
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The chef Niki Nakayama, and her wife and collaborator, Carole Iida, are two of a small number of female chefs in a high-end Japanese culinary landscape that is virtually dominated by men. Nakayama’s restaurant has become a highly coveted reservation in L.A, with tables booked out three months in advance.
