Folk Culture

My immigrant parents—my father especially—are ardent Christians. As such, my childhood seemed to differ dramatically from the glimpses of American...

File this under something that should have been self-evident: When it came time for the artist known as Cher to...

It’s become one of the most important rites of passage in the book-publication process—more meaningful to some writers than a...

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Death was in the discourse leading up to Friday night’s boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. Marketing the...

For Giovanni The year my nephew becomes a man, so do I, I guess. He calls from boot camp after...

In the decade since Donald Trump began to define American politics, critics have struggled to understand his massive appeal. They...

A close friend—someone whom I’ve always thought of as an optimist—recently shared his theory that, no matter what time you’re...

The other night, a friend came over. A dear friend. A friend who has helped me out when I’ve been...