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Mike McQuade is a creator living in Richmond, Virginia. He has spent his career creating illustrations that call attention to important issues facing our world today, for outlets such as the Atlantic, the New Yorker, the Washington Post, New York...
Lauren Tamaki is a Canadian illustrator living in New York. Her clients include the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Pentagram, Penguin, and the New Yorker. She is currently working on a book about the incarceration of Japanese Americans...
Beatrice Loayza is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. She is a contributing film critic for the New York Times, and her work has appeared in Artforum, 4Columns, Film Comment, the Nation, and other publications.
Annie Baker is a playwright living in Brooklyn. An anthology of her work, The Vermont Plays, is available from TCG. Her most recent play, The Flick, deals with movie love.
Eric White is a visual artist showing extensively in the U.S. and Europe, and living in New York City. His work can be seen here.
Deborah Young is a film critic and journalist living in Rome. She has written extensively about Italian cinema and is the international film editor of the Hollywood Reporter.
Rick Preligner is an archivist and filmmaker living in San Francisco. He is currently directing Danger Lurks, an all-archival narrative feature film.
Jun 23, 2026 — The only favor I ever asked of a twink was for tickets to see John Waters introduce two of his films. I was the sole trans filmmaker enrolled in my school’s program, and I felt it was my right to...