Dear [School], Here’s My Soul in Six Hundred Words or Less
Dennard Dayle humorously riffs on the torturous process of writing college-application essays.
September 2026
admin The History of Group Projects
Shouts & Murmurs by Dennard Dayle: Eve relied on Adam; Julius bet on Ethel; and other tales of group screwups.
I Will Not Board a Plane to Visit Your Baby
Dennard Dayle jokingly writes about refusing to board a plane and fly out to see a friend’s new baby.
Who’s Afraid of A.I. Music?
When the rapper Fenix Flexin débuted a new accent on his single “Rubberz,” he stumbled into a century-old fight over…
How a Skateboarder Sees Los Angeles
Jerry Hsu captures the city’s manic extremes, with photographs of overturned cars, collisions, and a bank building ablaze. Hua Hsu…
East Hampton’s Secret Garden of Unusual Trees
Julia Rothman illustrates her discoveries during a residency at the Folly Tree Arboretum, on Long Island, where she encountered significant…
The Anti-A.I.-Ad Ad Campaign
The comedians Harris Alterman and Dave Ross have been putting up posters for fake tech products across the city, including…
The Art of Getting Lost in Minnie Evans
There comes a moment, looking at the artist’s dense worlds, in a new exhibit at the Whitney, when the eye…
The Netflix Show That Airs from the Great Beyond
Michael Schulman writes about the Netflix series“Famous Last Words”—which just released its Gloria Steinem episode. The show’s subjects can finally…
A College Caught in the Middle of America’s Football Obsession
Jesse Dougherty on the football culture at Oberlin College and how it reflects the sport’s fanfare in America.