These images were taken during a "Sweet Land" rehearsal at Los Angeles State Historic Park, weeks before lockdown. We sat together as an audience on the freshl...
Sylvia Salazar Simpson dips a spoon into a simmering pot of beans and in one continuous gesture pulls it out and lets a few drops of the liquid drip inside of her palm. She’s doing this as if she’s done it a million times because she has. ...
Why are painful memories more permanent than others? How does storytelling bring back these memories? Listen to Clarissa Kerner discuss memory through a scient...
Clarissa Kerner is a writer from Los Angeles, California. She received her BA from Reed College in English literature, which led to editorial and permissions work in book publishing (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New Directions, Ugly Duckling Presse). Most recently, she was as a manager and event curator at The Old American Can Factory, an arts institution based in Brooklyn, New York, where she developed a background in arts and culture. Clarissa’s interest is in visual art, photography and film.
