Cintra Wilson

Cintra Wilson is a former New York Times fashion critic and the author of Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style, among other books. Her newsletter, Cintra Wilson Feels Your Pain, is available at cintra.substack.com. (August 2022)

Downtown Confessional

John Lurie’s memoir is a tell-all that settles old accounts and names names, a cantankerous lament over his many existential and terrestrial irritations.

The History of Bones

by John Lurie

August 18, 2022 issue

‘Where the Patriarchy Strikes’: An Interview with Merrill Markoe

The comedian, artist, and graphic novelist looks back on her career as a woman in comedy on the occasion of her tenth book, a graphic novel based on her childhood diaries.

April 4, 2021

The Pleasure Crafts

A new history of pornography before it became commercial.

The People’s Porn: A History of Handmade Pornography in America

by Lisa Z. Sigel

December 17, 2020 issue

Brutal, Moral 'LetterKenny'

The ensemble comedy is a mix of ferociously smart, savage dialogue and lyrical, slow-motion fight scenes that have you rooting for them like a hockey fan.

July 24, 2020

My Quarantine: Obsessed with Oil Painting

I had earth-moving revelations as I graduated from using makeup brushes to real sable, and switched from canvas to linen panels. My formerly adorable kitchen now looks as though Francis Bacon had assaulted a pope in it.

April 29, 2020