Reads of The Week: Maraschino, Michelangelo, and Marianne Williamson
In week two of our summer reading series, wannabe political wonk and think-piece enthusiast Talya Phelps offers up nine articles to inform, distract, and entertain.
Author: Talya Phelps
Talya Phelps (Table Writer) graduated from Vassar College in 2019 with a film major and a correlate in educational studies. During her four years at The Miscellany News, she served in various roles, including Editor-in-Chief, Contributing Editor and Design Editor, and relished long nights in the newsroom haggling over drop caps and apostrophes. She is now living in New York City and pursuing a career in publishing. Talya enjoys writing cultural commentary, specifically musings on the milieu of Generation Z and the way in which 20-somethings’ distinct frame of reference interprets contemporary books, music and television. Her writerly inspirations include Jia Tolentino, Carrie Battan, Jonathan Franzen and David Sedaris.
Airpods, Yeezys, and the Unrelenting Appeal of the Superfluous Object
Musings from a late convert to the wonderful world of the wireless earbud.
In Calypso, Sedaris Births an Unexpected Magnum Opus
Emerging from a fog of literary pseudo-intellectualism, one reader finally welcomes Sedaris’ arch yet beguiling prose with open arms.
What Is BROCKHAMPTON Trying to Tell Us?
BROCKHAMPTON’s enigmatic appeal has always stemmed from the feeling that they were communicating a message just out of reach. But with the (rightful) loss of Ameer Vann, they stumbled into an era they were unprepared to interpret.