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"
mica england's review of "Nope" for overexposed
"four men" by william t. vollmann, in harper's