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  1. exit review
    Black-ish Was No Televised RevolutionThe show always aimed for the third rail, but it played it safe more often than not.
    By Craig Jenkins
  2. a long talk
    Chuck Klosterman Lived Through ThisIn his book The Nineties, he tried to write about the decade as it felt at the time — at least to some people.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  3. close reads
    Hanya’s BoysThe novelist tends to torture her gay male characters — but only so she can swoop in to save them.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  4. astroworld tragedy
    There Won’t Be Easy Answers for ThisThe potential for the Astroworld tragedy to get charged to the game is very real.
    By Craig Jenkins
  5. book review
    ‘What Is the Power of My Body?’Emily Ratajkowski may want to join the feminist discourse, but in her essay collection she’s mostly in conversation with herself.
    By Jordan Taliha McDonald
  6. essays
    Love, Loss, and Empty ShelvesI thought nothing could keep me from my collection. I was wrong.
    By Chris Vognar
  7. essay
    I Don’t See an End to ThisDaBaby’s vile remarks about gay sex and AIDS mixed with the furor over Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” have made for the eye of a perfect shitstorm.
    By Craig Jenkins
  8. essay
    Just Another Morning in Good Ol’ AmericaMorgan Wallen’s GMA interview didn’t so much begin a redemption tour as it did extend a winning streak that’s gone strong for decades.
    By Andrea Williams
  9. essay
    What Reckoning?Country music is exactly where it was a year ago, when the dam on the industry’s ocean of racism supposedly broke. Duh.
    By Andrea Williams
  10. deep appreciations
    Janet Jackson’s All for You Was a ReawakeningTwenty years later, it’s still the clearest expression of her desire for love to be measured by more than a pain-to-pleasure ratio.
    By Kovie Biakolo
  11. radio vulture
    Pop’s Millennials Are Suddenly at Another Sharp CrossroadsThe stars we met in the ’00s and ’10s are changing their tunes in the ’20s.
    By Craig Jenkins
  12. first person
    I Couldn’t Imagine Being Happy. But I Could Imagine Being Carmela.I found my model for womanhood in an unlikely place: The Sopranos.
    By P.E. Moskowitz
  13. this is country music
    Morgan Wallen Is a Problem of Country Music’s Own MakingIf Wallen is going to be packaged and pushed aside as an abhorrent anomaly, a false narrative gets to go unchecked.
    By Andrea Williams
  14. vulture investigates
    U2’s Songs of Innocence Has Been Haunting Me for 6 Years. Until Now.One man’s journey to return Apple’s “gift.”
    By Russ Frushtick
  15. radio vulture
    We’re Witnessing the Total Breakdown of DiscourseTry to recall another time when a rapper went into surgery for multiple gunshot wounds and it became instant gag fodder.
    By Craig Jenkins
  16. k-pop
    U.S. Politics Should’ve Seen K-Pop Stans ComingThose who care about the future of American politics should take note of the K-pop phenomenon in its own backyard.
    By T.K. Park
  17. lady a
    If Country Music Wants to Reckon With Its Racism, Look Deeper Than the Bad NamesEven if we are to give “Lady A” credit for their gesture, we must also acknowledge that it should be but the catalyst of far deeper work.
    By Andrea Williams
  18. books
    Zadie Smith to Release New Essay Collection About Life During LockdownIntimations, out July 28, was written in the “early months” of the pandemic.
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. profile
    In Case of Emergency, Read Olivia LaingFrom The Lonely City to Funny Weather, the author writes to find a path forward through pain.
    By Hillary Kelly
  20. urbano
    Why Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s Joint Album Is So HistoricOasis has the star power to shape a milestone moment across the musical landscape.
    By Julyssa Lopez
  21. books
    Cool Girl Cazzie David Is Writing a BookIt’s an essay collection inspired by her famous family.
    By Dee Lockett
  22. essays
    Lauryn Hill Responds to Robert Glasper’s Claims of Music Theft and Mistreatment“I may have been inclusive, but these are my songs.”
    By Dee Lockett
  23. essays
    The New Wave of Rap Violence Shouldn’t Be IgnoredYoung artists like XXXTentacion, Kodak Black, and Tay-K are making popular music, but their real-life violent actions can’t just be glossed over.
    By Craig Jenkins
  24. books
    Will Zadie Smith Ever Feel Free?Her new collection of essays brings to an end a 15-year psychodrama period for her writing.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  25. Yes, To the Bone Is Triggering. That’s What Makes It So Boring.The film is as polite and clinical as a junior-high health class, getting no closer to its subjects than a teacher armed with a laser pointer.
    By Emily Yoshida
  26. books
    The Acerbic, Unflinching Writing of Samantha IrbyShe took up her confessional writing to “impress a dude” — and wound up marrying a woman. She also picked up a lot of famous fans.
    By Kera Bolonik
  27. Jessica St. Clair Opens Up About Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis and ‘Playing […]Playing House star Jessica St. Clair has been through a lot over the past year, and as she revealed in a new essay for Stand Up To Cancer this […]
    By Megh Wright
  28. essays
    Gabrielle Union Writes Essay on Nate Parker“I took this role because I related to the experience.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  29. brexit
    J.K. Rowling Writes Anti-Brexit Essay“The tales we have been told during this referendum have been uglier than any I can remember in my lifetime.”
    By Dee Lockett
  30. essays
    Why We’re Still So Bad at Talking About ColorismEven as terms like “yellowface” and “whitewash” sink into our cultural vocabulary, there remains confusion on basic matters of colorism.
    By Mallika Rao
  31. prince
    Questlove on Prince: At Heart, He Was More Hip-Hop Than AnyoneHighlights from the drummer’s new Rolling Stone piece, including thoughts on genius, motivation, and influence.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  32. book deals
    That Was Fast! Trevor Noah Is Publishing a Book of Personal Essays “I couldn’t find a good book about myself so I decided to write one.”
    By Dee Lockett
  33. Trevor Noah Is Writing a Book of Essays About Growing Up in South AfricaThe Daily Show’s Trevor Noah has a book in the works. According to Yahoo, Noah has signed on to write a collection of personal essays about […]
    By Megh Wright
  34. Mark and Jay Duplass Are Writing a Book of EssaysThe Duplass brothers have a new book in the works. According to Variety, the two have signed a deal with Ballantine Books to publish a […]
    By Megh Wright
  35. Ike Barinholtz Has a Book of Essays in the WorksThe Mindy Project’s Ike Barinholtz has a new book in the works. According to Entertainment Weekly, Grand Central Publishing is set to publish […]
    By Megh Wright
  36. essays
    Orange Is the New Black Is the Only TV Show That Understands RapeGrab a notebook, Game of Thrones.
    By Jada Yuan
  37. ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Is the Only TV Show That Understands RapeGrab a notebook, Game of Thrones.
    By Jada Yuan
  38. essays
    James Franco Wrote a Very Franco-y Love Letter to McDonald’s“I was definitely not too good to work at McDonald’s.”
    By Dee Lockett
  39. Dan Harmon Is Publishing a Book of Essays in 2016Good news for Dan Harmon fans: Entertainment Weekly reports that the Community creator is writing a book of humorous essays to be published by […]
    By Megh Wright
  40. vulture essays
    Twin Peaks Has Cast a Shadow Over All My BooksThe author of The Fever on how David Lynch’s TV masterwork burrowed its way into her life.
    By Megan Abbott
  41. vulture essays
    Silicon Valley: So Much Money, So Much DespairThe new guys feel so much like the old ones.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  42. Patton Oswalt Wrote a Piece About Thieves, Hecklers, and Rape JokesPatton Oswalt wrote a blog post Friday, entitled “A Closed Letter to Myself About Thievery, Heckling and Rape Jokes,” addressing three of the […]
    By Bradford Evans
  43. Lena Dunham Wrote a Thing About How Much She Likes Puppies for ‘The New […]Lena Dunham wrote a personal essay called “A Box of Puppies” that appears in The New Yorker this week. It’s worth the read if you like Lena […]
    By Bradford Evans
  44. essays
    The Sum and the Parts: In Defense of TV RecapsIn which our TV critic, Matt Zoller Seitz, tells you why recaps and overnight reviews are essential and good.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  45. Simon Rich Gives God a Girlfriend in The New YorkerThis week’s New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs is a very funny piece by SNL’s Simon Rich about how Genesis might’ve gone if God was dating someone. […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  46. Sh*t My Dad Says Creator Talks Failed Sitcoms and Anxious Writers’ RoomsPeep this essay from Justin Halpern, the creator of Shit My Dad Says (canceled) and writer on How to Be a Gentleman (canceled), for the […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  47. Louis C.K. on Why Women Will Rule the WorldOh, just your weekly reminder that Louis C.K. is fantastic, in the form of an essay about how “the next Steve Jobs will be a chick.” Given his […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  48. Ricky Gervais Loves Twitter After AllRicky Gervais’ admission that Twitter is actually pretty cool after all (welcome to 2011, RG) quickly morphs into a meditation on the meaning […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  49. clickables
    Read a Short Michael Chabon Essay on The Phantom TollboothBonus: an awesome photo of elementary-school-age Chabon.
    By Amanda Dobbins