Essays
UNESCO and Intangible Heritage
An essay on the international organization’s cultural preservation efforts. (The New Yorker)UNESCO and Intangible Heritage
Video Games at the Museum
A review-essay on art museums’ efforts to exhibit video games, as well as digital efforts to curate the best of the medium. (The New Yorker)Video Games at the Museum
Focus Mode
An essay on the rise of distraction-free writing devices. (The New Yorker)Focus Mode
Curse Narratives in Four African Novels
A review-essay on Jennifer Makumbi’s “Kintu,” Wayétu Moore’s “She Would Be King,” Leonara Miano’s “Season of the Shadow,” and Scholastique Mukasonga’s “Barefoot Woman,” which appeared on the cover of The New York Times Book Review.Curse Narratives in Four African Novels
John Keene’s “Counternarratives”
An essay on the writer’s speculative historical fiction as a queer counterpoint to the family saga. (The New York Times Book Review)John Keene’s “Counternarratives”
Dying Forever in a Text-Based Game
An essay on playing ArmageddonMUD, an online text-based roleplaying game where there are no resurrections. (Cabinet)Dying Forever in a Text-Based Game
Motoring While Black
An essay about “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” a segregation-era guide to safe accommodation for black travelers. (Cabinet)Motoring While Black