There’s something poetic about water celery. Grown abundantly in Asia, the herby vegetable is sometimes referred to as water dropwort, or—in Korea—minari. ...
Although I studied Shakespeare at the Globe in London, I never saw myself in a role like Romeo. Casting calls may ask for all identities, but at the end of the day, it typically goes to a white man. Same goes for Juliet. No matter how much talent ar...
Fern has survived many extinctions: the ghost town she once called home, any sense of normalcy before 2008’s economic collapse, her means of livelihood, her ho...
1927.
Two men run through the forest in the thick of night. Eerie shards of light sift down from the stars and onto the figures, breathless, apparently runn...
This story was originally aired on KPCC’s “Take Two” on February 1, 2021. It is published here with permission.
Last year, amid a pandemic as well political and racial strife, composer Derrick Spiva Jr. released an excerpt of his piece,"To be a ...
While The Weeknd took to the Super Bowl stage on February 7th, it seemed that both my mind and social media feed were still somewhat fixated on a performance f...
Rue Bennett (Zendaya) dawns her dad’s red sweater as she departs from a romantic fantasy with Jules (Hunter Shafer) to a close-to-empty diner to meet with Ali, her sponsor, on Christmas Eve. In the aftermath of an argument with Jules, she seeks comfort in Ali in part one of the series’ special episode, “Trouble Don’t Last Always.” As the episode progresses, we follow her journey to understand why she is there in the first place....
A ten-foot high painting was being hung above the staircase at my childhood home. Deceptively simple, of golden flowers in a vase, executed in oil paints, the painting took up the majority of the wall. I craned my neck to take it all in. Its yellow ...
