Tanya Mosley
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This is Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air. You'll see your favorite actors, directors and comedians on late night TV shows or YouTube. But what you get with Fresh Air is a deep dive. Spend some quality time with people like Billie Eilish, Questlove, Ariana Grande, Stephen Colbert and so many more. We ask questions you won't hear asked anywhere else.
Listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and WHYY.
Listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and WHYY.
Listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and WHYY.
This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. And my guest today, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hilton Als, has spent decades examining how we create meaning through words, images, and the spaces in between.
This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. And my guest today, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hilton Als, has spent decades examining how we create meaning through words, images, and the spaces in between.
This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. And my guest today, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hilton Als, has spent decades examining how we create meaning through words, images, and the spaces in between.
As a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, his essays and profiles on figures like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Richard Pryor have redefined cultural criticism, blending autobiography with literary and social commentary. In addition to being a writer, Al's is also a curator.
As a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, his essays and profiles on figures like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Richard Pryor have redefined cultural criticism, blending autobiography with literary and social commentary. In addition to being a writer, Al's is also a curator.
As a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, his essays and profiles on figures like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Richard Pryor have redefined cultural criticism, blending autobiography with literary and social commentary. In addition to being a writer, Al's is also a curator.
Recently, he explored language in a new gallery exhibition, The Writings on the Wall, Language and Silence in the Visual Arts, at the Hill Art Foundation in New York. The exhibit brings together the works of 32 artists across a range of media to examine how artists embrace silence. The show asks a powerful question. What do words in their absence look like?
Recently, he explored language in a new gallery exhibition, The Writings on the Wall, Language and Silence in the Visual Arts, at the Hill Art Foundation in New York. The exhibit brings together the works of 32 artists across a range of media to examine how artists embrace silence. The show asks a powerful question. What do words in their absence look like?
Recently, he explored language in a new gallery exhibition, The Writings on the Wall, Language and Silence in the Visual Arts, at the Hill Art Foundation in New York. The exhibit brings together the works of 32 artists across a range of media to examine how artists embrace silence. The show asks a powerful question. What do words in their absence look like?
Hilton Owls has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for over 30 years. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for his work as a theater critic, and he's the author of several books, including The Women, White Girls, and My Pinup, a genre-bending memoir essay that examines the music, persona, and cultural impact of Prince.
Hilton Owls has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for over 30 years. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for his work as a theater critic, and he's the author of several books, including The Women, White Girls, and My Pinup, a genre-bending memoir essay that examines the music, persona, and cultural impact of Prince.
Hilton Owls has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for over 30 years. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for his work as a theater critic, and he's the author of several books, including The Women, White Girls, and My Pinup, a genre-bending memoir essay that examines the music, persona, and cultural impact of Prince.
He's curated several art installations, including a show on the late Joan Didion. Hilton Owls, welcome to Fresh Air.
He's curated several art installations, including a show on the late Joan Didion. Hilton Owls, welcome to Fresh Air.
He's curated several art installations, including a show on the late Joan Didion. Hilton Owls, welcome to Fresh Air.
Your exhibit made me think about something that writer Samuel Delaney said.