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

Photography · Interview
Harvey Wang wishes he had taken more pictures
A photographer revisits the disappearing New York he has spent decades recording.

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.

Visual arts · Interview
The many names of rain
Miya Ando considers language, memory and two thousand Japanese expressions for rain.

Theater · Interview
Mfoniso Udofia makes a century fit inside one day
The playwright discusses family, creation and control at Lincoln Center Theater.

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.

Comedy · Interview
Drew Michael wants to get inside your head
The comedian talks headphones, intimacy and the making of Love Me.

Music · Interview
Blond in Car found her calling at 58
Robin Schorr on leaving the film industry and discovering her own music.

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.

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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