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Nicholas Russell

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

Arts And Culture

‘Backrooms’ Doesn’t Quite Capture The Weirdness Of The Originals

Interviews

How The U.S. Military Rots American Masculinity

Interviews

Carolyn Swords Sees The WNBA Becoming The League She Hoped For

April 14, 2026
Interviews

Namwali Serpell On Understanding Toni Morrison The Author, Not The Icon

Interviews

Where Is Cinema?: An Interview With A.S. Hamrah

February 16, 2026
Interviews

Natan Last Has Thought A Lot About Crosswords

January 16, 2026
Interviews

Seth Harp Talks About The Rot At The Core Of America’s Empire

December 8, 2025
Interviews

Erin Somers On The State Of Literary Fiction, Hudson Valley Life, And Reviving The Infidelity Novel

October 28, 2025
Interviews

Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen Talks Old Scenes And A New Tour

September 24, 2025
Arts And Culture

No Courage, No Heart, No Brain

September 4, 2025
Arts And Culture

Ari Aster Wants You To Take The Bait

Music

No Journey With Lady Gaga Is Ever Wasted

Interviews

Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back: Michael Koresky On Hollywood’s Queer History

Arts And Culture

‘Mission: Impossible’ Must Finally Reckon With Tom Cruise’s Ego

Life Lessons

Why I Keep Masking

Arts And Culture

‘Moby-Dick’ Is Still Too Big For The Opera

Interviews

“Rape Is Political”: Jamie Hood On Trauma Narratives, Writing The Self, And Ethical Obligation

March 25, 2025
Interviews

The Power Of Negative Thinking

February 5, 2025
Arts And Culture

‘Nosferatu’ Keeps You Waiting And Waiting

December 27, 2024
Arts And Culture

‘The Village’ Still Has Questions To Ask

December 6, 2024
Arts And Culture

In ‘Here,’ Robert Zemeckis Is Back On His Computer-Generated Bullshit

November 15, 2024
Politics

After Tuesday

November 6, 2024
Defector At The Movies

‘Rap World’ Remembers The Truth About Suburban Malaise

October 25, 2024
Life Lessons

Tom-Tom C’est Moi

October 11, 2024
Science

What Is The Human Composting Industry Trying To Grow?

September 13, 2024
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