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Kira is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who writes about culture, literature, the arts, and travel. Born in Switzerland and raised in Germany, Canada and the United States, she has a particular interest in how history and cultural identity are woven throughout our increasingly global experience, often in surprising ways. She can be contacted at kirajoy AT gmail DOT com.
Known for gracious architecture and shaded public squares, America’s first planned city is quickly becoming the South’s newest (oldest) food and art destination.
Kristine Potter’s photography reimagines America’s violent landscapes.
Gabriella N. Báez strikes a visceral chord with her deeply personal art. Yearning, after all, is universal
A vibrant collection of sharp and essential modern pieces on Vladimir Nabokov's perennially provocative book-with original contributions from a stellar cast of prominent twenty-first century...
I remember the moment my father told me that the Police song "Every Breath You Take" was a song from the point of view of a stalker. Until then, I, like most pre-teen Top 40 listeners of the 1980s, thought of it as a love song...
One woman reflects on the family crisis that rocked her world—and her body—to the core.
Listening to the Black Lips can make you want to kiss someone and break something at the same time, just like great rock and roll should.
We live in a noisy time. The noise of culture, politics, identity—and that particularly noisy place where they all intersect. It’s the era of voices once silenced being heard—shouted from rooftops, celebrated and liberated...