Survivor Archive
Review: HUNGER, A MEMOIR OF (MY) BODY by Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is America’s favorite "bad feminist." She is often read as a black feminist, but her Haitian roots rarely get more than a passing mention. And yet, Haiti is the unseen backdrop to Gay’s memoir Hunger: a fierce, black, female, fat narrative.
The Narrative Medium of our Times: An Interview with TV Critic Matthew Gilbert
TV is no longer the second cousin to film; in many ways, it’s become the higher art form. And to a great extent, television has become society’s barometer—it shapes and tells us more about who we are than almost any other medium.