by Andy Shi
“…the Lakota people have traditionally emphasized community over individual gain, and that’s a principle that needs to be reinforced. To be sure, it’s not easy to preserve indigenous values in modern society, but I believe it’s crucial to our success.” Continue reading
by Shoba Viswanathan
“We hear that we must stay relevant to be read. I think that as long as we explore our humanness in our work, we can’t help but be relevant.” Continue reading
by Lisa Peet
“I need you to look at me and the assumptions that you make, and I’m going to obliterate all of those stereotypes and all your preconceived notions.” Continue reading
by Shoba Viswanathan
“I would often joke, although I really did think it was the truth, that if I pulled out the Hindu God, who is both narrator and character in my story, and replaced Him with a vampire or a zombie, my manuscript would have sold immediately.”
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by Evelyn Somers
“We leave home and shed the identity we’re compelled to inhabit in our daily lives. At the same time, we’re not able to fully inhabit the place we’ve journeyed to. The result is an emotional and intellectual space we have unprecedented control over, but one with more room for self-invention.” Continue reading
by Sonya Chung
Porter’s newest film—her 4th full-length project in 7 years—is JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a profile of the late Congressman and Civil Rights giant. The film could not be more timely.
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by Andy Shi
“If in these characters you recognize your own psychosis, if the plot at large seems less redolent of the Red Scare of the 1950s and resembles more today’s sociopolitical bedlam, you are not wrong.” Continue reading
