We spoke with writer and professor McKenzie Wark about her punk-soundtracked pathway to academia, rave strategies to keep you on the floor no matter your age or the hour of the day, and the manual labor being a writer entails.
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If you’ve ever read one of Naomi Fry’s pieces for The New Yorker — or follow her on social media, for that matter — you know that her sense of humor and ability to curate culture into text (from highbrow art all the way to reality tv) is unparalleled. In our conversation, she speaks about growing up across two continents, the financial aspects of raising a family in NYC, and why she’ll never quite feel a sense of belonging in America.
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As a writer and editor for the likes of Travel + Leisure, The Wall Street Journal, or Vogue, and co-founder of James Beard award-winning food magazine Gather Journal, Fiorella Valdesolo can look back at years of powerful epicurean storytelling. In this conversation, she elaborates on her two-breakfast routine, the NYT cooking app’s comments section, and why we should all eat more kraut.
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Self-described as a “creature of habit,” fashion journalist Mélody Thomas is most often found at the neighborhood bistro down the street from her cozy home in Paris’s 18th Arrondissement.
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Maryam Mortaz is a woman who sees herself as “a mother, a daughter, and a person who loves to write and help others.”
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German-born publicist Claire Brodka made her way to NYC to work with the iconic art book publisher, TASCHEN.
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If there’s ever been a person who is wholly tapped into the culture, it’s Lynette Nylander. She’s a writer, editor, creative director, and so much more: the current Executive Editorial Director at Dazed simultaneously runs her own creative consultancy, imaginethat, and a publishing house called Onomatopoeia. She spoke with us about how she does it all, and we got a glimpse into how the more personal aspects of her life—like her magnificent collection of furniture—all came together.
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American writer and journalist Lindsey Tramuta has spent decades pulling back the curtain on the real and evolving Paris and the mythologized Parisian woman—red-lipped, white, thin, bourgeois, seductive, and perfectly composed. Sharing the spirit of Passerbuys, Lindsey’s work reveals “Parisianness” in all its multiplicity while highlighting those who are bucking tradition, making names for themselves, and transforming the city. She shares her journey of moving to Paris as an American and her path to becoming a writer and publishing 2 books.
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Courtney Preiss is an essayist and memoirist who knows the best cheap seats in Yankee Stadium. She is the Creative Director at Team Epiphany and a founding member of the Times Up organization and Times Up Advertising.
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Meet Nina Lorez Collins, a writer who never thought she’d be a writer but now also has an accomplished career in publishing. As the daughter of writer and filmmaker Kathleen Collins, she continues to stay creative and inspired by her children.
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Meet Haley Nahman, the Deputy Editor of Man Repeller and writer who transitioned into media after working in HR for five years in California. In a fast-paced media industry, she shares how she stays sane and how she acquired her sharp writing and editing skills.
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Verena von Pfetten is the business owner and co-founder of print publication, Gossamer, which also launched Dusk, a CBD tincture with CBN. She shares her cannabis recommendations and what it’s like to start a new business with a partner.
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Many of us came to know Melissa Broder through her Twitter handle, so sad today. Her online musings have often gone viral, for reasons that are obvious if you follow her (the latest tweet as of this writing says “brb, regretting major life decisions”). Her sharply funny and devastatingly relatable quips ultimately paved the way to a book of essays, also called So Sad Today and recommended to us by Passersby Lauren Nostro and Angie Venezia.
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Nat Guevara is the head of multi-platform and communications at Genius, the music media company centered on lyrics and music knowledge. Founder of The Afterglow, a forthcoming valentine to the classic New York City institutions and local haunts that are still with us. Born and raised in the tropics, but partial to cold weather. New Yorker for almost 15 years. Film lover for all her life.
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Lauren is a writer, editor, and digital consultant living in New York City's Lower East Side. She spends her days at the helm of The Zoe Report, where she manages the site's six fantastic editors, and spends her weekends finding new brunch spots, discovering new stores, and searching for white walls to use as a background for the 'gram.
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Alison Roman is a chef and writer, whose cookbook Dining In features over 125 recipes that highlight her unique style that has earned her a signature voice at The New York Times.
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Meet Sukey Novogratz, a philanthropist and writer, who has used meditation as a way to power through life and her career. Along with her sister-in-law Elizabeth Novogratz, Sukey is the co-author of Just Sit, a guide to meditation for beginners.
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Meet NYC passerby Elizabeth Novogratz, the co-author of "Just Sit: A Meditation Guidebook for People Who Know They Should But Don't.” While meditation is one of her passions, she advocates for animal rights along with an upcoming project, Species Unite.
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Meet LA Passerby and actress, Jameela Jamil, who plays Tahani al-Jamil on NBC’s “The Good Place.” Living in Los Angeles has always been a dream, and after never having acted before, she gets to learn every day from the best on set.
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