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Join us, Tuesday April 21 for the release of Jordan Ritter Conn's "American Men" --a rigorous and heart-rending examination of how and why American men, now more than ever, are experiencing loneliness and isolation at epidemic levels. Jordan will be joined by Zito Madu, journalist and author of The Minotaur at Calle Lanza.

Join us, Tuesday April 21 for the release of Jordan Ritter Conn's "American Men" --a rigorous and heart-rending examination of how and why American men, now more than ever, are experiencing loneliness and isolation at epidemic levels. Jordan will be joined by Zito Madu, journalist and author of The Minotaur at Calle Lanza.

Join us, Tuesday April 21 for the release of Jordan Ritter Conn's "American Men" --a rigorous and heart-rending examination of how and why American men, now more than ever, are experiencing loneliness and isolation at epidemic levels. Jordan will be joined by Zito Madu, journalist and author of The Minotaur at Calle Lanza.

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

“…Some day, incredible though it might seem, spring would come with its birds, its buttercups in the home-field.”

- Halldór Laxness

Wrote about attending a World Cup brand event and being frustrated that the more substantial idea of the world where we can share in different cultures and histories that football often presents is being threatened by an administration that wants the body of the World Cup without its soul.

Link to the larger piece in bio.

Wrote about attending a World Cup brand event and being frustrated that the more substantial idea of the world where we can share in different cultures and histories that football often presents is being threatened by an administration that wants the body of the World Cup without its soul.

Link to the larger piece in bio.

Wrote about attending a World Cup brand event and being frustrated that the more substantial idea of the world where we can share in different cultures and histories that football often presents is being threatened by an administration that wants the body of the World Cup without its soul.

Link to the larger piece in bio.

Wrote about attending a World Cup brand event and being frustrated that the more substantial idea of the world where we can share in different cultures and histories that football often presents is being threatened by an administration that wants the body of the World Cup without its soul.

Link to the larger piece in bio.

Wrote about attending a World Cup brand event and being frustrated that the more substantial idea of the world where we can share in different cultures and histories that football often presents is being threatened by an administration that wants the body of the World Cup without its soul.

Link to the larger piece in bio.

Wrote about attending a World Cup brand event and being frustrated that the more substantial idea of the world where we can share in different cultures and histories that football often presents is being threatened by an administration that wants the body of the World Cup without its soul.

Link to the larger piece in bio.

Wrote about attending a World Cup brand event and being frustrated that the more substantial idea of the world where we can share in different cultures and histories that football often presents is being threatened by an administration that wants the body of the World Cup without its soul.

Link to the larger piece in bio.

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

My friends and I took a walk through the park after the blizzard.

In winter my love
is a tree among trees
and invites the hapless crows
to nest in her beautiful boughs. She knows
that the wind, when evening falls,
will lift her stiff, frost-embroidered
evening dress and chase me home.

- Ingeborg Bachman, In the Storm of Roses (translated by Mark Anderson)

Thank you @burberry and @oslmusic for a chance to support the excellent youth orchestra. During the pandemic I spent so many hours watching the younger musicians playing Bach on YouTube which was one of my motivations for moving to New York City and experiencing the performances in person at Carnegie. And thank you my two bodyguards @margaretliuclinton and @simonejensenova

Thank you @burberry and @oslmusic for a chance to support the excellent youth orchestra. During the pandemic I spent so many hours watching the younger musicians playing Bach on YouTube which was one of my motivations for moving to New York City and experiencing the performances in person at Carnegie. And thank you my two bodyguards @margaretliuclinton and @simonejensenova

Thank you @burberry and @oslmusic for a chance to support the excellent youth orchestra. During the pandemic I spent so many hours watching the younger musicians playing Bach on YouTube which was one of my motivations for moving to New York City and experiencing the performances in person at Carnegie. And thank you my two bodyguards @margaretliuclinton and @simonejensenova

Thank you @burberry and @oslmusic for a chance to support the excellent youth orchestra. During the pandemic I spent so many hours watching the younger musicians playing Bach on YouTube which was one of my motivations for moving to New York City and experiencing the performances in person at Carnegie. And thank you my two bodyguards @margaretliuclinton and @simonejensenova

Thank you @burberry and @oslmusic for a chance to support the excellent youth orchestra. During the pandemic I spent so many hours watching the younger musicians playing Bach on YouTube which was one of my motivations for moving to New York City and experiencing the performances in person at Carnegie. And thank you my two bodyguards @margaretliuclinton and @simonejensenova

Thank you @burberry and @oslmusic for a chance to support the excellent youth orchestra. During the pandemic I spent so many hours watching the younger musicians playing Bach on YouTube which was one of my motivations for moving to New York City and experiencing the performances in person at Carnegie. And thank you my two bodyguards @margaretliuclinton and @simonejensenova

Thank you @burberry and @oslmusic for a chance to support the excellent youth orchestra. During the pandemic I spent so many hours watching the younger musicians playing Bach on YouTube which was one of my motivations for moving to New York City and experiencing the performances in person at Carnegie. And thank you my two bodyguards @margaretliuclinton and @simonejensenova

Thank you @burberry and @oslmusic for a chance to support the excellent youth orchestra. During the pandemic I spent so many hours watching the younger musicians playing Bach on YouTube which was one of my motivations for moving to New York City and experiencing the performances in person at Carnegie. And thank you my two bodyguards @margaretliuclinton and @simonejensenova

In these times, just months away from the 2026 World Cup, when migrants in the United States are being demonized and torn away from their families and communities, it’s even more critical now to remember that the footballing community has a responsibility to use the power of the game to build community and lift people up.

An example of one the programs we’re proud to support that uses football for the good of the community is Newcomers FC (@newcomersfootballclub), which provides migrants and refugees a space to share in the joy of the game with others while also providing a path and guidance to help them settle in their new home. 

It takes a lot of courage to leave one’s country in search of a better life elsewhere, whether you’re forced to leave by violence or a desire to escape poverty. Migrants already face many challenges, and now they’re being surveilled, targeted, and painted as invaders.

It’s imperative that we reject the idea that migrants are bad for our community and that we should stand idly by as they’re attacked and humiliated. They are our friends, neighbors, and teammates. We should continue supporting programs like Newcomers FC and others who support migrants and refugees through football. Programs that show that the beauty of the game comes from the way it connects us to so many people and cultures from around the world. Programs that show that football can and should be a safe haven for anyone from anywhere. We have to remember that when a part of our community is threatened, it’s a threat against all of us.

Words by @whereisfootball Narrative Director Zito Madu (@zeets7). Photos by Raphaël Gaultier (@raphgaultier). #whereisfootball

In these times, just months away from the 2026 World Cup, when migrants in the United States are being demonized and torn away from their families and communities, it’s even more critical now to remember that the footballing community has a responsibility to use the power of the game to build community and lift people up.

An example of one the programs we’re proud to support that uses football for the good of the community is Newcomers FC (@newcomersfootballclub), which provides migrants and refugees a space to share in the joy of the game with others while also providing a path and guidance to help them settle in their new home. 

It takes a lot of courage to leave one’s country in search of a better life elsewhere, whether you’re forced to leave by violence or a desire to escape poverty. Migrants already face many challenges, and now they’re being surveilled, targeted, and painted as invaders.

It’s imperative that we reject the idea that migrants are bad for our community and that we should stand idly by as they’re attacked and humiliated. They are our friends, neighbors, and teammates. We should continue supporting programs like Newcomers FC and others who support migrants and refugees through football. Programs that show that the beauty of the game comes from the way it connects us to so many people and cultures from around the world. Programs that show that football can and should be a safe haven for anyone from anywhere. We have to remember that when a part of our community is threatened, it’s a threat against all of us.

Words by @whereisfootball Narrative Director Zito Madu (@zeets7). Photos by Raphaël Gaultier (@raphgaultier). #whereisfootball

In these times, just months away from the 2026 World Cup, when migrants in the United States are being demonized and torn away from their families and communities, it’s even more critical now to remember that the footballing community has a responsibility to use the power of the game to build community and lift people up.

An example of one the programs we’re proud to support that uses football for the good of the community is Newcomers FC (@newcomersfootballclub), which provides migrants and refugees a space to share in the joy of the game with others while also providing a path and guidance to help them settle in their new home. 

It takes a lot of courage to leave one’s country in search of a better life elsewhere, whether you’re forced to leave by violence or a desire to escape poverty. Migrants already face many challenges, and now they’re being surveilled, targeted, and painted as invaders.

It’s imperative that we reject the idea that migrants are bad for our community and that we should stand idly by as they’re attacked and humiliated. They are our friends, neighbors, and teammates. We should continue supporting programs like Newcomers FC and others who support migrants and refugees through football. Programs that show that the beauty of the game comes from the way it connects us to so many people and cultures from around the world. Programs that show that football can and should be a safe haven for anyone from anywhere. We have to remember that when a part of our community is threatened, it’s a threat against all of us.

Words by @whereisfootball Narrative Director Zito Madu (@zeets7). Photos by Raphaël Gaultier (@raphgaultier). #whereisfootball

In these times, just months away from the 2026 World Cup, when migrants in the United States are being demonized and torn away from their families and communities, it’s even more critical now to remember that the footballing community has a responsibility to use the power of the game to build community and lift people up.

An example of one the programs we’re proud to support that uses football for the good of the community is Newcomers FC (@newcomersfootballclub), which provides migrants and refugees a space to share in the joy of the game with others while also providing a path and guidance to help them settle in their new home. 

It takes a lot of courage to leave one’s country in search of a better life elsewhere, whether you’re forced to leave by violence or a desire to escape poverty. Migrants already face many challenges, and now they’re being surveilled, targeted, and painted as invaders.

It’s imperative that we reject the idea that migrants are bad for our community and that we should stand idly by as they’re attacked and humiliated. They are our friends, neighbors, and teammates. We should continue supporting programs like Newcomers FC and others who support migrants and refugees through football. Programs that show that the beauty of the game comes from the way it connects us to so many people and cultures from around the world. Programs that show that football can and should be a safe haven for anyone from anywhere. We have to remember that when a part of our community is threatened, it’s a threat against all of us.

Words by @whereisfootball Narrative Director Zito Madu (@zeets7). Photos by Raphaël Gaultier (@raphgaultier). #whereisfootball

In these times, just months away from the 2026 World Cup, when migrants in the United States are being demonized and torn away from their families and communities, it’s even more critical now to remember that the footballing community has a responsibility to use the power of the game to build community and lift people up.

An example of one the programs we’re proud to support that uses football for the good of the community is Newcomers FC (@newcomersfootballclub), which provides migrants and refugees a space to share in the joy of the game with others while also providing a path and guidance to help them settle in their new home. 

It takes a lot of courage to leave one’s country in search of a better life elsewhere, whether you’re forced to leave by violence or a desire to escape poverty. Migrants already face many challenges, and now they’re being surveilled, targeted, and painted as invaders.

It’s imperative that we reject the idea that migrants are bad for our community and that we should stand idly by as they’re attacked and humiliated. They are our friends, neighbors, and teammates. We should continue supporting programs like Newcomers FC and others who support migrants and refugees through football. Programs that show that the beauty of the game comes from the way it connects us to so many people and cultures from around the world. Programs that show that football can and should be a safe haven for anyone from anywhere. We have to remember that when a part of our community is threatened, it’s a threat against all of us.

Words by @whereisfootball Narrative Director Zito Madu (@zeets7). Photos by Raphaël Gaultier (@raphgaultier). #whereisfootball

In these times, just months away from the 2026 World Cup, when migrants in the United States are being demonized and torn away from their families and communities, it’s even more critical now to remember that the footballing community has a responsibility to use the power of the game to build community and lift people up.

An example of one the programs we’re proud to support that uses football for the good of the community is Newcomers FC (@newcomersfootballclub), which provides migrants and refugees a space to share in the joy of the game with others while also providing a path and guidance to help them settle in their new home. 

It takes a lot of courage to leave one’s country in search of a better life elsewhere, whether you’re forced to leave by violence or a desire to escape poverty. Migrants already face many challenges, and now they’re being surveilled, targeted, and painted as invaders.

It’s imperative that we reject the idea that migrants are bad for our community and that we should stand idly by as they’re attacked and humiliated. They are our friends, neighbors, and teammates. We should continue supporting programs like Newcomers FC and others who support migrants and refugees through football. Programs that show that the beauty of the game comes from the way it connects us to so many people and cultures from around the world. Programs that show that football can and should be a safe haven for anyone from anywhere. We have to remember that when a part of our community is threatened, it’s a threat against all of us.

Words by @whereisfootball Narrative Director Zito Madu (@zeets7). Photos by Raphaël Gaultier (@raphgaultier). #whereisfootball

In these times, just months away from the 2026 World Cup, when migrants in the United States are being demonized and torn away from their families and communities, it’s even more critical now to remember that the footballing community has a responsibility to use the power of the game to build community and lift people up.

An example of one the programs we’re proud to support that uses football for the good of the community is Newcomers FC (@newcomersfootballclub), which provides migrants and refugees a space to share in the joy of the game with others while also providing a path and guidance to help them settle in their new home. 

It takes a lot of courage to leave one’s country in search of a better life elsewhere, whether you’re forced to leave by violence or a desire to escape poverty. Migrants already face many challenges, and now they’re being surveilled, targeted, and painted as invaders.

It’s imperative that we reject the idea that migrants are bad for our community and that we should stand idly by as they’re attacked and humiliated. They are our friends, neighbors, and teammates. We should continue supporting programs like Newcomers FC and others who support migrants and refugees through football. Programs that show that the beauty of the game comes from the way it connects us to so many people and cultures from around the world. Programs that show that football can and should be a safe haven for anyone from anywhere. We have to remember that when a part of our community is threatened, it’s a threat against all of us.

Words by @whereisfootball Narrative Director Zito Madu (@zeets7). Photos by Raphaël Gaultier (@raphgaultier). #whereisfootball

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Creative Writer and Where Is Football Narrative Director Zito Madu flew to Morocco to take in the significance of a month where the strongest sides across the continent, and what it means for the future of African football.

You can read Zito’s full reflection on our website whereisfootball.com

Words by @zeets7
Photos by @hvddvdi
#whereisfootball #AFCON #Morocco

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

Turned 35 years old in Morocco. A lot of years older than what I had imagined when I was young. Grateful for the people close to me, who I’ve been blessed to share a time in this world with. Grateful for all the people all over the world who assert and defend human dignity against the cruelties of greed, war, and the many faces of evil. The human story is a vast one, and we need to continuously insist on its great depth against those who would rather reduce it into a simple hierarchy.

Grateful for all the things that make each day worthwhile: the light of the sun, the friendship of people and cats, literature, art, sport, long nights laughing about ridiculous things, being ridiculous in general because so many things that we pretend matter the most don’t matter, the aches and pains of becoming an unbecoming, nice furniture, jackets, the sea, and having the chance and courage to always become something new and more than you imagined before.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

A few days ago, my friend Cat linked me to this post by Exhibits in New York connecting my book to Monet and the show at the Brooklyn Museum about his work around Venice. The show is as wonderful as you expect, and more expansive than I expected. I will never stop being amazed at his manipulation of light and color, especially his blues. And it was fascinating to see that his Venice was quiet and strange like the one that I experienced.

But more than that, what really resonated the most was that he went there with the idea that Venice had already been depicted so much that it was going to be near impossible to do anything new in it, which is the same thing that I said to my publisher when we were talking about my book idea. And my stance was that if I was going to write about Venice, I wanted to do it in my own way, which can combine the beauty and strangeness of the place but it had to feel like my work and not just another work about Venice.

Everyone should go see the show. It sells out pretty quickly each day but it’s more than worth the price. Even if you have to become a member of the museum to get in.

— Kárhozat (Béla Tarr, 1988)

Woke up to the news of Béla Tarr‘s death. A tremendous loss. One of my favorite filmmakers, visually and philosophically.

His long takes and grueling process are famous enough, but what really grabbed me so much about his films is the unflinching look at life — not sentimental or redeemed, but looking and accepting its beauty and ugliness without turning away. He would always say that his main concern was about human dignity, about showing and preserving that. Over and over, he emphasized that alongside the visual and sound language of his films. When interviewers would try to pull the conversations into the metaphoric, he returned it to the concrete and would say that his films are about people. People who are not always good, or beautiful, people who suffer and cause others to suffer sometimes, but people who have and deserve to have dignity, even when there’s no hope to their lives. It makes sense that he was so close to László Krasznahorkai who is often said to create apocalyptic worlds, but you never get the sense in his books that the people are condemned. The world can be, and the world is the one we have created and have allowed to create, but there’s always such a deep respect for the human and the soul. In every film of Tarr’s, you get the message that no matter how miserable these people are or how miserable their situation is, they are human beings with worth.

“No. You know, we just really wanted to show you one thing. You are able to destroy everything, but if you meet with somebody who is already destroyed, who is definitely on the edge between the life and the death, these people has to stop, and everybody who has human being, who has something what we can call it humanity, has to stop, and this is also my illusion. I believe still the humanity, and I believe still everybody has this humanity, because it’s in the blood. I know this is an illusion, but I want to believe.”

— Kárhozat (Béla Tarr, 1988)

Woke up to the news of Béla Tarr‘s death. A tremendous loss. One of my favorite filmmakers, visually and philosophically.

His long takes and grueling process are famous enough, but what really grabbed me so much about his films is the unflinching look at life — not sentimental or redeemed, but looking and accepting its beauty and ugliness without turning away. He would always say that his main concern was about human dignity, about showing and preserving that. Over and over, he emphasized that alongside the visual and sound language of his films. When interviewers would try to pull the conversations into the metaphoric, he returned it to the concrete and would say that his films are about people. People who are not always good, or beautiful, people who suffer and cause others to suffer sometimes, but people who have and deserve to have dignity, even when there’s no hope to their lives. It makes sense that he was so close to László Krasznahorkai who is often said to create apocalyptic worlds, but you never get the sense in his books that the people are condemned. The world can be, and the world is the one we have created and have allowed to create, but there’s always such a deep respect for the human and the soul. In every film of Tarr’s, you get the message that no matter how miserable these people are or how miserable their situation is, they are human beings with worth.

“No. You know, we just really wanted to show you one thing. You are able to destroy everything, but if you meet with somebody who is already destroyed, who is definitely on the edge between the life and the death, these people has to stop, and everybody who has human being, who has something what we can call it humanity, has to stop, and this is also my illusion. I believe still the humanity, and I believe still everybody has this humanity, because it’s in the blood. I know this is an illusion, but I want to believe.”

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

I think what was truly important about this last year was that I wore a lot of nice jackets (and apparently wore white pants a lot as well). Some of the best aren’t even pictured.

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0

A second year at the Black List’s OFF-SITE. I’m practically a veteran. Love talking about books and film with other writers, filmmakers, and the people who make films and books possible.

Thank you @franklinjleonard and @_rwinstonsworld and @theblcklst for the invite and all of the wonderful work you do.

📸 @0scarbrav0