Been Down So Long It Looks Like Debt to Me
An American family’s struggle for student loan redemption.
Longform Best of 2018
Essays
The Movie Assassin
On growing up, writing, and succumbing to bullshit.
As Goes the South, So Goes the Nation
“The echoing horror of slavery cuts both ways. We are often afraid to say what we know is true. The South is disaster and it is also miracle.”
My Affair With the Intellectual Dark Web
“This is the story of the past three years of my life. It’s romance in a way, but it’s also a breakup story.”
How Does the Art World Live With Itself?
“I used to believe the art world was at war with itself, that money was fighting art and vice versa. But I’ve been living in my own ambivalence about things for a decade now, or more, and I’m starting to think it’s not a war but a new equilibrium state, defined by that ambivalence.”
