Interviews

Love has its ups and downs, but in Jasmine Guillory's debut novel The Wedding Date, that takes on a literal layer.

Way back in 2004, I interned for the short-lived Comedy Central show Stella. I was in the locations department, so I had to drive around the city and ask people if we could shoot in their restaurant, bar, or Moose Lodge for a little bit of money. Even if you’ve never seen the show, you’ve heard of the three guys who produced and starred in it: David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black. They've also made great stuff like The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and They Came Together, among many others.

Steve Thomas holds a World War II-era US K Ration Breakfast MRE (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) box in his hands with glee. The yellowed paper, covered in wax to protect the contents inside, simply says "Breakfast" and contains 70-year-old pork and eggs. If the food isn't rotten, Steve will eat it. Occasionally, that hasn't stopped him. He once ate a 154-year-old, Civil War-era cracker that smelled like “old mothballs and library books.”

One of the best books of 2017, in the opinion of this proud vegan, was Sunaura Taylor’s Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation.

Margaret H. Willison lives in Boston and loves the idea of breakfast—even if she admits it’s not her number one priority in the morning. Willison is a librarian by day, but she's more known for being a regular NPR personality and the host of a 24/7 slumber party on Twitter.

Angela Gulner, a Los Angeles-based actress and writer, created Binge, a dark comedy about a young woman with bulimia. The show, which is based on Gulner’s own experience with an eating disorder, is a breath of fresh air. It's part of a new generation of film and TV that portrays those with mental illnesses as complete people; they’re more than their struggles.