Symone Harcum was a graduate student when she met the mezzo-soprano, who guided her through a field that has traditionally overlooked Black women.
Category: Tculture2023
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Jamie Nares’s Message to Her Daughters Was Simple: ‘Go for It’
The abiding philosophy in this family of artists has been unconditional acceptance, even when it “points you nowhere.”
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The Creative Director of Dior Believes in Relying on Her Instincts
When the creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri threw the brand’s support behind Zadie Xa’s work, “I understood her immediately as another cultural worker,” Xa says. “She listens in a way that lots of people in positions of power don’t.”
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Why Madhur Jaffrey and Michelle Zauner ‘Fell Toward Each Other’
Throughout their careers, neither have followed a single path.
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Ruth Rogers and Nina Raine Find the Drama in a Restaurant
The River Cafe chef first hired the playwright and director as a waitress — a job that soon inspired a play.
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What Comedians Margaret Cho and Atsuko Okatsuka Mean to Each Other
Both comedians imagined the other was born confident — but it took years for each to find her voice.
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Margaret Atwood and Mona Awad on Writing Outside the Lines
The authors met in person for the first time during their shoot for T’s Culture issue. “The photographer had to tell us to stop talking.”
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A Filmmaker and a Fashion Designer Whose Artistry Comes From Curiosity
In watching Mira Nair on set, the textile maker Aneeth Arora learned how to handle creative pressures of her own.
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‘Black Panther’ and the New Blueprint for Female Warriors Onscreen
Danai Gurira and Dominique Thorne on acting, superheroes and grief.
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How Marina Abramović and Sondra Radvanovsky Revel in Risk
The performance artist says that meeting Radvanovsky was like finding a “younger sister.”
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What a U.S. Poet Laureate Wants to Pass Down
Joy Harjo’s work is rooted in the Native community, a respect that’s shared by the poet and writer Layli Long Soldier.
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In a Younger Theater Artist, a Writer Finds a Kindred Ambition
Bernardine Evaristo helped start London’s Theatre of Black Women in the early 1980s when creative opportunities were slim. She sees a similar determination to “shape our own future” in the playwright and director Lynette Linton.