Cintra Wilson

Downtown Confessional

John Lurie’s memoir is a tell-all that settles old accounts and names names, a cantankerous lament over his many existential and terrestrial irritations.

‘Where the Patriarchy Strikes’: An Interview with Merrill Markoe

The comedian, artist, and graphic novelist looks back on her career as a woman in comedy on the occasion of her tenth book, a graphic novel based on her childhood diaries.

The Pleasure Crafts

A new history of pornography before it became commercial.

Brutal, Moral 'LetterKenny'

The ensemble comedy is a mix of ferociously smart, savage dialogue and lyrical, slow-motion fight scenes that have you rooting for them like a hockey fan.

My Quarantine: Obsessed with Oil Painting

I had earth-moving revelations as I graduated from using makeup brushes to real sable, and switched from canvas to linen panels. My formerly adorable kitchen now looks as though Francis Bacon had assaulted a pope in it.

Waste Not, Shop Not

‘Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion—and the Future of Clothes’ by Dana Thomas