Archive - Homesick

Ocean Vuong and the Poetics of Sincerity

On the occasion of his new novel, 'The Emperor of Gladness,' an interview with poet and novelist Ocean Vuong prompts me to think deeper about the work…

May 18 •

April 2025

Writing the Worst of Times

How do you write about the worst time in your life without losing the reader because the story is too bleak? How do you balance light and dark, joy and…

Apr 29 •

Defend Institutions

In the wake of the Trump Administration's crushing blow to American museums and libraries, we take a closer look at the second lesson from Timothy…

Apr 12 •

A Portrait of Joy in the Shadow of Collapse

Jack Teemer's kaleidoscopic color photography reveals a joyful portrait of postindustrial America at a tipping point.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

Do Not Obey in Advance

A close reading of Timothy Snyder's 'On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,' and how it can act as a tool for democratic resistance in…

Mar 23 •

February 2025

June 2024

LaToya Ruby Frazier's Empathetic Lens

Two decades after she first photographed her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania, Frazier's work is still pushing back against historical erasure and…

Jun 23, 2024 •

May 2024

April 2024

Animating Nostalgia to Annihilate It

At its best, all good memoir writing should do this. Draw you in with experiences familiar and even universal, then upend that narrative with unexpected…

Apr 28, 2024 •

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