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Ayo and Her Weird Specific Things

Ayo Edebiri talks with novelist Yaa Gyasi about getting off social media, how acting is like a kid, and a “freaky” George Saunders.

Ayo and Her Weird and Specific Things

Ayo Edebiri talks with novelist Yaa Gyasi about getting off social media, how acting is like a kid, and a “freaky” George Saunders.

A Complicated Hope

Weeks away from casting her first vote in a presidential election, a young Black Harvard undergraduate student writes an essay that won’t be graded, contemplating what “hope” means to her.

A Complicated Hope: A First Time Voter on the Decision Before Her

Weeks away from casting her first vote in a presidential election, a young Black Harvard undergraduate student writes an essay that won’t be graded, contemplating what “hope” means to her.

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, A Soliloquy

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, A Soliloquy

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, A Soliloquy

Allyson Felix, The People's Champ

Allyson Felix, The People’s Champ

Allyson Felix, The People’s Champ

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Alva in Three Dimensions

The 2024 Model of the Year nominee and “face of” more campaigns than one can name sits down with her partner to discuss home, personhood, and going back to “self”.

A “Promising” Artist: Khadija Saye

In a celebration of Khadija Saye, a “promising” photographer and visual artist, we present her last collection of images, eight tintype photographs that make up a portion of her 2017 Venice Biennial Diaspora Pavillon entry. The collection entitled “Dwelling: In This Space We Breathe” is presented here with the intention to provoke memory, emotion, and resolve.

André 3000’s One Man Show

André 3000 is back. With a solo album none of us could have anticipated. Over email, on Zoom, and then in a small sun-lit studio near his home, André talks with Donovan X. Ramsey about where he’s been, his unexpected artistic evolution, and only doing what “feels good.”

The Center

In conversation, Marcus Cuffie, son of photographer, the late Steven Cuffie, reflects on his father’s work and the importance of photographing “the center”. Featuring a collection of images illustrating what life looks like at the center of a city, with intimate portraits of Baltimore’s women and children, shot in Baltimore between 1974 and 1986.

Thelonious Stokes, an Introduction

In his own words and works, oil painter, Thelonious Stokes, describes his path to painting and the purpose and meanings that drive him

Point of View

In partnership with Nike Women, Alek Wek and a team of Black female creatives put forward a new perspective on beauty, sensuality, and softness.