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Original interviews from New York Hours. Interviews are not necessarily exclusive unless a story is explicitly identified as such.


Harvey Wang’s blacksmith photograph, Astoria, 1988

Photography · Interview

Harvey Wang wishes he had taken more pictures

A photographer revisits the disappearing New York he has spent decades recording.

Portrait of Ríoghnach Robinson

Books · Interview

Ríoghnach Robinson’s defense of the difficult reader

On literary criticism, writing in solitude and the arguments that animate her novel Bad Words.

Rain drawing by Miya Ando

Visual arts · Interview

The many names of rain

Miya Ando considers language, memory and two thousand Japanese expressions for rain.

Scene from creation stories and all the important importants

Theater · Interview

Mfoniso Udofia makes a century fit inside one day

The playwright discusses family, creation and control at Lincoln Center Theater.

Director Tamilla Woodard

Theater · Interview

A woman runs in circles at Lincoln Center. Tamilla Woodard knows why.

The director explores the ideas behind Mfoniso Udofia’s new play.

Drew Michael promotional portrait

Comedy · Interview

Drew Michael wants to get inside your head

The comedian talks headphones, intimacy and the making of Love Me.

Musician Robin Schorr

Music · Interview

Blond in Car found her calling at 58

Robin Schorr on leaving the film industry and discovering her own music.

Cover of Bless Me, Papi

Books · Interview

A father returns as a pigeon in Ayendy Bonifacio’s Brooklyn

A writer finds family, memory and grief in an unlikely New York bird.

Chef Camari Mick

Dining · Interview

At Calabash, Camari Mick is making room for her own story

The chef discusses her work and the West Village restaurant.

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