Rumaan Alam

Rumaan Alam is the author of the novels Rich and Pretty, That Kind of Mother, and Leave the World Behind.

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Sometimes You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover

Rumaan Alam

Sept 22, 2021 8:24 AM

How a Book Cover Designer Catches the Reader’s Eye

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Sept 19, 2021 6:00 AM

Hot Queer Summer, Hot Queer Strippers

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Aug 18, 2021 10:02 AM

The Challenge of Painting in the Shadow of Colonialism

Rumaan Alam

Aug 10, 2021 11:00 AM

Artist Shahzia Sikander on the Painting That Launched Her Career

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Aug 08, 2021 6:00 AM

Milestones Mourned and Celebrated

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July 21, 2021 12:21 PM

Photographing New York’s Disappearing Storefronts

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July 18, 2021 6:00 AM

Julien Baker’s Long Journey to Loving Pride

Rumaan Alam, Christina Cauterucci, and J. Bryan Lowder

June 18, 2021 2:04 PM

Julien Baker’s Quantum Queerness

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June 16, 2021 6:00 AM

The Special Power of Literary Magazines

Rumaan Alam

June 08, 2021 9:55 AM

Brigid Hughes on the Art of Editing a Literary Magazine

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June 06, 2021 6:00 AM

The One Crucial Lesson Today’s Activists Need to Learn From ACT UP

J. Bryan Lowder, Christina Cauterucci, and Rumaan Alam

May 21, 2021 5:29 PM

ACT UP History and Queer Portraits

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May 19, 2021 12:12 PM

Inside the Nerdy, Creative World of Bookstagram

Rumaan Alam

May 18, 2021 10:03 AM

How “Bookstagrammer” Jordan Moblo Crafts His Posts

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May 16, 2021 6:00 AM

Children’s Books Shouldn’t Avoid Serious Topics Like Climate Change

Rumaan Alam

April 26, 2021 9:49 AM

How Stuart Gibbs Writes Mysteries for Kids

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April 25, 2021 6:00 AM

How Modernist Lesbians Made Paris the “Sapphic Center of the Western World”

Rumaan Alam, Christina Cauterucci, and J. Bryan Lowder

April 23, 2021 12:00 PM

Lesbians in Paris … and in Period Dramas

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April 21, 2021 3:29 PM

How Zoe Kazan, Roxane Gay, and Alison Bechdel Dealt With a Year of COVID

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March 28, 2021 6:00 AM