Kam Reads and Recs

The New York-based painter and filmmaker speaks to Hyperallergic about finding the essence of things.

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Puddings can be surprisingly nationalistic.

In the aftermath of the Revolutionary War, Americans faced understandable anxiety about what their society would look like—and what they sho

J.C. Gabel: Most people know you as a novelist, short story writer, and poet, but you’ve been a painter almost as long as you have been a wr

As a dyke, I particularly cherished this portrait of queer entanglement characterized by duration and valences beyond the sexual or romantic

Ian Frazier’s late-career collection showcases his numerous skills as an essayist, but also the pitfalls of revisiting outdated cultural obs

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A new book maps the network that allowed Douglas Latchford to violently rip Khmer statues from their homes and funnel them into Western inst

The tangled history of an invasive plant and a scientist’s troubling quest to engineer a more efficient natural world.

Literary Hub and Wildsam present: a literary road trip across America. Happy travels! Illustrations by Mike McKeogh Alabama • Alaska • Arizo

Feminist scholars refer to the “intensely communal, queer, and playful nature” of DIY LGBTQ conception, but Fertility, Inc. is another story