Seen in a soft light, Ocean Vuong’s life looks like a modern American fairy tale. In 1990, he and his mother came to this country as refugees from Vietnam. They landed in small-town Connecticut and began muddling their way through an existence …
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The Artist Who Keeps Remaking His Childhood Home
Do Ho Suh, whose major survey exhibition in London opens this week, discusses the power of architecture and finding motivation from mistakes.
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A Graphic Novelist Digs Up His Childhood, One Ginseng Root at a Time
Craig Thompson’s new book revisits his upbringing on a farm in rural Wisconsin, and the farmers — both American-born and not — who made up his community.
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An Artist Subverting Propaganda Through Large-Scale Sculptures
In Solo Show, a new series from T Magazine, we ask Black artists to curate a list of three treasured works that they’ve encountered or made, and to reflect on how their practice connects to a broader art lineage. Born in Lisbon and raised in Luanda …
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NHL outsider Eric Tulsky, an Ivy League scientist, is changing what it means to be a GM
A Harvard grad with a PhD from UC Berkeley, Eric Tulsky is not a typical NHL GM. Is what he’s building in Carolina the future of hockey?
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Unions Form Pro Bono Legal Network for Federal Workers Targeted by Trump
The nation’s largest federation of unions has put together a pro bono legal network that aims to help federal employees whose jobs have been lost or threatened under the Trump administration. More than 1,000 lawyers in 42 states have completed …
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