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Nick on a beach in Merimbula, a small town on Australia’s Sapphire Coast.
Arts

The Road Back

As we splashed about, serenaded by the bleats of mountain goats and kissed by the high-altitude breeze, I could not have felt a purer bliss in the entire world.

Nick pausing at a viewpoint along the Main Range loop in Australia’s Snowy Mountains.
Arts

Master of Two Worlds

When Nicholas C. Ige ’25 and Kevin Fischetto ’26 first approached me in the fall, I was immediately drawn to their project for this reason. They offered a solution to my dark days and responses to my endless volley of questions.

Nick on the ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Arts

Death and Rebirth

“I didn’t feel like I was in my body,” Nicholas C. Ige ’25 recalled from the summit push.

Moonlight, A24.
Film

‘Moonlight’ Review: Good, But Not Quite Great

It is not easy to forget the “Best Picture” blunder of the 2016 Oscars, and it was here that I first heard about “Moonlight.”

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Verona / Manhunt

Been thinking a lot about orange and blue. Sun on brick and cerulean skies. How you’d see it and from what vantage point. It’s feeling like

Nick on his ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Arts

Crossing the Threshold

Wednesday nights at the Bondi Beach Backpackers hostel in Sydney, Australia, tend to be a little slow. Nicholas C. Ige ’25 and I opted to spend the warm evening outside, lounging in the courtyard alongside other guests similarly worn out from a full day of surfing.

Chef Eric Ripert.
Arts

Eric Ripert: The Philosophy of Balance

He is a chef. He is a poissonier. And, he’s one of the best chefs in the world; Le Bernardin is one of the best restaurants in the world.

Swiss photographer René Burri.
Arts

René Burri’s ‘Brasília’ and the Emotional Conflict of Purpose-Built Cities

Fortunately, armed with a camera and profound ability to discern the sentiments of his time, the iconic Swiss photographer René Burri created pictures of the time which are both subtle artistic masterclasses and emotional time capsules.

Chef Eric Ripert.
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Chef Eric Ripert.

Chef Eric Ripert, famously, puts all of his energy into one restaurant: Le Bernardin.

Arts

Gatsby / 51mm

Gatsby To see dawn’s red face, angry against a brooding  horizon. Your dowdy eyes, your tears: pearly,  lactic. Two fingers pressed to the roof  of your mouth, the prickle and the purge. I slice

A tracing of a still from "My First Summer."
Film

‘My First Summer’ Review: Colorful and Messy and Free

“My First Summer” is diametrically opposed to my last article on “Brokeback Mountain” in terms of visibility: Neither I nor anyone I know had heard of it. But boy am I glad Letterboxd led me to this gem.

Arts

Salgado, the Sahel, and Photography’s Biggest Dilemma

Sebastião Salgado’s book “Sahel: The End of the Road” is neither mesmerizing nor captivating. In fact, the vast majority of its images make the viewer want to look away.

Apollonia Poilâne ’07 Cropped
Arts

Apollonia Poilâne ’07 and the Culture of Bread

Legacy. History. Institution. All of these words come to mind when thinking of the famous bakery, an almost century-old Parisian institution of which Poilâne serves as the careful custodian.

Columns

On Creating Demons / Fresh Eyes

A chicken crows evening in a hideaway hen– house, songs of remembering and choosing. I left my vitality, once, in the arm of your apartment, a crooked yellow elbow. Do you remember?

Columns

On Creating Demons / Fresh Eyes

A chicken crows evening in a hideaway hen– house, songs of remembering and choosing. I left my vitality, once, in the arm of your apartment, a crooked yellow elbow. Do you remember?

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