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Slave Ship Wrecks
A feature on the Slave Wrecks Project, whose marine archaeologists work with communities across the African diaspora. I dove with them to the wreck of the Camargo, Brazil’s last known slave ship. (“The Sunken Place,” The New Yorker)Slave Ship Wrecks
Samuel R. Delany
A profile of the polymathic science fiction writer, memoirist, essayist, and theoretician of sex and queer identity. (“Galaxy Brain,” The New Yorker)Samuel R. Delany
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
Kehinde Wiley
A profile of the painter Kehinde Wiley, Barack Obama’s portraitist, who paints ordinary black people in the style of the Old Masters. I visited him in Brussels, where he was street-casting, at his studio in Williamsburg, and in Dakar, Senegal, at his luxorious Black Rock residency. (“The Painter and His Court,” The New Yorker)Kehinde Wiley
Underground Railroad Reenactments
A feature on reenactments of the Underground Railroad and their unusual history, including how they inspired one of the first computer games about slavery. (The New Yorker)Underground Railroad Reenactments
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
Derek Walcott and Peter Doig
An essay on the poet Derek Walcott and his collaboration with the artist Peter Doig on “Morning, Paramin,” which explores the history and landscape of the Caribbean. (“Southern Sublime,” The New York Review of Books)Derek Walcott and Peter Doig