Link bait for hump day.
Spy novels as Asian kitsch.
A man in search of his ex-lover looks back on his coming of age—from Manil Suri's pre-apocalyptic novel set in Mumbai
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In his musical operatic tribute to the former first lady of the Philippines, David Byrne leans on pop psychology to tell the story of the "steel butterfly."
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"It’s a little terrifying to be so influential. By which I mean, it’s really moving to have these wonderful writers come and share my work with all of you.”
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Lynne Sachs talks about her film on immigrant experiences in Chinatown shift-bed houses.
“81 Bowery is their home and their only choice for a place to live.”
Maroosha Muzaffar talks to a taxi-dancer, who works at one of the many taxi-bars in Jackson Heights, Queens, where lonely immigrant men pay for a dance and a shot at love.
