My latest episode of Design Matters was recorded live at the @onairfest. It is with Pulitzer Prize winning writer and legendary editor of @newyorkermag, @officialdavidremnick. In this episode we talk about what it is like to work at one of the greatest magazines in the world, how he got started in the business, his time in Russia, his love of music, the future of democracy, and how to win the NYer caption contest (on my bucket list). Link to listen is in my bio. This is a fun one, David is a total dreamboat.
Sometimes you can tell a lot about writers from the names of their books. Here are three titles by Nell Irvin Painter: “Southern History Across the Color Line,” “Creating Black Americans: African American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present,” and “The History of White People.”
Nell Irvin Painter is a distinguished, award-winning historian and she’s written a lot about the South in the 19th Century, and about race. She’s a professor emerita from Princeton University, and by all rights she could be resting comfortably on her laurels. But she is not, because she is also an artist. The title of another of her books is “Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over.” These two pursuits—history and art—come together beautifully in her brand new book, “I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays,” which is punctuated throughout by images of her paintings. Link to listen is in my bio or here: https://tinyurl.com/dmwnellpainter
We are all human. We all deserve equal rights, bodily autonomy and freedom. Happy Trans Day of Visibility, especially to my beautiful Trans friends. I honor you today, and always.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Very possibly the most beautiful house in the world, in Mexico City.
Before her latest book, Lucy Sante had written, edited or translated a shelf-full of books, fiction and nonfiction, and a mountain of short pieces for magazines like the New York Review of Books. In 2021, at the age of 66, Lucy aka @luxxante shared an announcement that she had “joined the other team,” and was transitioning—AND that her pronoun, “thankyouverymuch,” was she. We should consider ourselves lucky for all of the above because she has written about the experience and her life both magnificently in her new book “I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition.” The book has gotten extraordinary reviews from The New Yorker and The New York Times and many other publications, and now, Lucy Sante is my guest on the latest episode of Design Matters and you can listen to it at the link in my bio or here: https://tinyurl.com/dmwlucysante
It was such an honor to interview the great @annelamott at @symphonyspace on Wednesday. Anne’s new book Somehow: Thoughts on Love is just magnificent. Every page is brimming with insight, wit, candor, humor and love. One of the best books of the year, for sure. Also at the event were the glorious Maggie Siff and the legendary @soniammanzano who read excerpts from Somehow, Bird by Bird and Operating Instructions. All and all, a truly special evening.
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It was a joyous evening this past Wednesday celebrating @annelamott’s 70th birthday and the publication of her beautiful new book, Somehow. Thanks to Anne, @debbiemillman, @soniammanzano, and Maggie Siff for a wonderful event, and to everyone who joined us!
(Photos by @russrowland)
Images: 1: The artists backstage at Symphony Space in front of a pink background and balloons.
2: Anne Lamott and Debbie Millman talking on the stage of Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp Theatre.
3: Sonia Manzano and Maggie Siff reading on the stage.
4: Anne Lamott and Debbie Millman stand on the stage in front of the audience.
It was such an honor to interview the great @annelamott at @symphonyspace on Wednesday. Anne’s new book Somehow: Thoughts on Love is just magnificent. Every page is brimming with insight, wit, candor, humor and love. One of the best books of the year, for sure. Also at the event were the glorious Maggie Siff and the legendary @soniammanzano who read excerpts from Somehow, Bird by Bird and Operating Instructions. All and all, a truly special evening.
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It was a joyous evening this past Wednesday celebrating @annelamott’s 70th birthday and the publication of her beautiful new book, Somehow. Thanks to Anne, @debbiemillman, @soniammanzano, and Maggie Siff for a wonderful event, and to everyone who joined us!
(Photos by @russrowland)
Images: 1: The artists backstage at Symphony Space in front of a pink background and balloons.
2: Anne Lamott and Debbie Millman talking on the stage of Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp Theatre.
3: Sonia Manzano and Maggie Siff reading on the stage.
4: Anne Lamott and Debbie Millman stand on the stage in front of the audience.
It was such an honor to interview the great @annelamott at @symphonyspace on Wednesday. Anne’s new book Somehow: Thoughts on Love is just magnificent. Every page is brimming with insight, wit, candor, humor and love. One of the best books of the year, for sure. Also at the event were the glorious Maggie Siff and the legendary @soniammanzano who read excerpts from Somehow, Bird by Bird and Operating Instructions. All and all, a truly special evening.
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It was a joyous evening this past Wednesday celebrating @annelamott’s 70th birthday and the publication of her beautiful new book, Somehow. Thanks to Anne, @debbiemillman, @soniammanzano, and Maggie Siff for a wonderful event, and to everyone who joined us!
(Photos by @russrowland)
Images: 1: The artists backstage at Symphony Space in front of a pink background and balloons.
2: Anne Lamott and Debbie Millman talking on the stage of Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp Theatre.
3: Sonia Manzano and Maggie Siff reading on the stage.
4: Anne Lamott and Debbie Millman stand on the stage in front of the audience.
It was such an honor to interview the great @annelamott at @symphonyspace on Wednesday. Anne’s new book Somehow: Thoughts on Love is just magnificent. Every page is brimming with insight, wit, candor, humor and love. One of the best books of the year, for sure. Also at the event were the glorious Maggie Siff and the legendary @soniammanzano who read excerpts from Somehow, Bird by Bird and Operating Instructions. All and all, a truly special evening.
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It was a joyous evening this past Wednesday celebrating @annelamott’s 70th birthday and the publication of her beautiful new book, Somehow. Thanks to Anne, @debbiemillman, @soniammanzano, and Maggie Siff for a wonderful event, and to everyone who joined us!
(Photos by @russrowland)
Images: 1: The artists backstage at Symphony Space in front of a pink background and balloons.
2: Anne Lamott and Debbie Millman talking on the stage of Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp Theatre.
3: Sonia Manzano and Maggie Siff reading on the stage.
4: Anne Lamott and Debbie Millman stand on the stage in front of the audience.
Amy Lin lives in Calgary, Canada where there are two seasons: winter and road construction. She completed her MFA at Warren Wilson College and holds BAs in English Literature and Education. @literaryamy takes everything seriously, including trying not to take everything seriously. Her debut memoir, Here After, is a testament to everything beautiful and heartbreaking and necessary in this world. With sheer precision and unflinching candor, she shares the depths of love and loss, hope and healing. Not since Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking has a book cracked open my heart the way Here After has. This live episode of Design Matters was recorded at @zibbysbookshop in Los Angeles. Link to listen is in my bio or here: https://tinyurl.com/dmwamylin
Amy Lin lives in Calgary, Canada where there are two seasons: winter and road construction. She completed her MFA at Warren Wilson College and holds BAs in English Literature and Education. @literaryamy takes everything seriously, including trying not to take everything seriously. Her debut memoir, Here After, is a testament to everything beautiful and heartbreaking and necessary in this world. With sheer precision and unflinching candor, she shares the depths of love and loss, hope and healing. Not since Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking has a book cracked open my heart the way Here After has. This live episode of Design Matters was recorded at @zibbysbookshop in Los Angeles. Link to listen is in my bio or here: https://tinyurl.com/dmwamylin
Fifteen years ago I did some executive education at @harvardhbs and @babsoncollege while I was working at @sterling_brands. It was part of Omnicom University under the leadership of the late, legendary Janet Riccio. While there I somehow had the great good fortune to be taught by Dr. @francesxfrei. During that experience I felt like one of those young women in the first row of Indiana Jones’ classroom in the first Indiana Jones movie (if you know you know). I never had a class like one Dr Frei taught and it profoundly impacted how I teach. So you can imagine my surprise when @annemorriss reached out to me a few years ago to interview me for a @harvardhbs case study…when I asked her if she knew Dr Frei she shared that they were married! I’ve gotten to know them both over the past few years and am continually inspired and in awe of them. In addition to their teaching, consulting, brilliant books and their advocacy work, they also have an extraordinary podcast, Fixable, which is also part of the Ted Audio Collective! At @ted this past week I got to interview them together about their lives, their work, their ideas and their own podcast for Design Matters. It will be airing in the next few weeks and I can wait for everyone to hear it! Thank you Anne and Frances!
❤️🙏🎙️
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When @francesxfrei and I were discussing our @ted 24 highlights, we agreed that #1 was ‘the @debbiemillman of it all.’
Thank you, Debbie, for the gift of your mastery and for showing us all how it’s done. We’ll have more to say in the coming weeks when the episode’s out.
You can’t tell the story of punk music and the riot grrrrl movement without telling the story of @mskathleenhanna. Kathleen Hanna was the co-founder and lead singer of the legendary band Bikini Kill, and later fronted the pioneering band Le Tigre. She has since gone on to make a lot more music and art and basically stir shit up. Her feminism, her politics and her activism have deeply informed her music, and her music continues to inform the culture. She tells her own story in a new memoir, “Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk,” which is an absolute must read. And now for the first time ever, the original Bad Feminist, the brilliant @roxanegay74 is guest interviewing the original Rebel Feminist in this brand new episode of Design Matters. Link to listen is in my bio. And very special thanks to @theubc for helping to make this happen! ✊
Tonight, @roxanegay74 and I got to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Queen: the one and only @gloriasteinem. Gloria is one of the most significant writers, thinkers, activists, feminists, humanists and just overall amazing citizens of the 20th and 21st centuries. It was an honor and privilege to share this momentous occasion with her. Happy Birthday Gloria! You have changed the world for us all.
Tonight, @roxanegay74 and I got to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Queen: the one and only @gloriasteinem. Gloria is one of the most significant writers, thinkers, activists, feminists, humanists and just overall amazing citizens of the 20th and 21st centuries. It was an honor and privilege to share this momentous occasion with her. Happy Birthday Gloria! You have changed the world for us all.
