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Writers

Carvell Wallace

Arts

The Roots of Cowboy Music

Searching for home at a cowboy poetry convention in Elko, Nevada.

Carvell Wallace MTV News Mar 2017 25min Permalink

Facing the Wind

Trying to parent my Black teenagers through protest and pandemic.

Carvell Wallace New York Times Magazine Jun 2020 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

‘Queen & Slim’ Could Be One of the Great Love Stories of All Time—if You Let It

The film is a rare portrayal of black people in our fullness—angry and frightened and hurt, euphoric and loving and free.

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Wallace on the Longform Podcast

Carvell Wallace New York Times Magazine Nov 2019 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Riz Ahmed Acts His Way Out of Every Cultural Pigeonhole

From HBO to ‘Star Wars’ to Shakespeare, he has discovered how to excel beyond tidy genres.

Carvell Wallace New York Times Magazine Aug 2018 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

Why ‘Black Panther’ Is a Defining Moment for Black America

On Ryan Coogler’s film.

Carvell Wallace New York Times Magazine Feb 2018 15min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

LimeLight

A profile of Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali.

Carvell Wallace GQ Jun 2017 Permalink