Art of the year: 2023
I didn't have a favorite album this year, but I made a playlist of the songs I loved.
I couldn't give every album as much time and attention as I would've liked, but here is my playlist of songs I wanted to consider. Most are 2023 releases.
Some books I enjoyed (not from 2023):
The Doloriad by Missouri Williams
Nobody Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
light at such a time by A.E. Baconsky, Mircea Ivănescu, Petre Ghelmez, Constantin Abăluță, Ana Blandiana, Virgil Mazilescu, Mircea Dinescu, and Vasile Poenaru, trans. Thomas C. Carlson, Vasile Poenaru, & Ștefan Stoenescu
Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
Les Guérillères by Monique Wittig
Some films I enjoyed (from 2023):
Godland dir. Hlynur Pálmason
Tár dir. Todd Field
May December dir. Todd Haynes (banger year for Todds; Solondz L)
How to Blow Up a Pipeline dir. Daniel Goldhaber
M3gan dir. Gerard Johnstone
Beau Is Afraid dir. Ari Aster
And here are my favorite essays, articles, & interviews from 2023:
owen pallett interviewed by best fit
brett johnson aka gollumfun interviewed by darknet diaries
jason farago's review of hannah gadsby's "It's Pablo-Matic" exhibition (paywalled)
interview with Baby Gronk’s father in the atlantic
vulture article about the pig creature from "I Think You Should Leave"