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This May, the Vox Book Club is reading Sanjena Sathian’s assured and immersive debut novel, Gold Diggers. It’s got alchemy, heists, and diaspora politics, and it’s the kind of book that makes me have a lot of thoughts about Jonathan Lethem’s 2003 novel Fortress of Solitude. We’ll be talking about the whole thing with Sathian live on Zoom on Wednesday, May 19, at 5 pm Eastern, with audience questions encouraged. We’d love to see you there, so go ahead and RSVP right here. In the meantime, subscribe to the Vox Book Club newsletter to make sure you don’t miss anything, and com...
arrow Meet the Big Apple Book Ballot candidates The June primary is just around the corner, and when New Yorkers get to their polling place this year they'll be confronted with a new type of ballot, one that allows you to rank your top five choices — welcome to the era of ranked-choice voting in NYC. To help New Yorkers get acquainted with the new method, we've been hosting some practice elections. You may recall that in February, Mayor Lenny of Ghostbusters won our race for Fictional Mayor of NYC, after which we provided a breakdown of how his victory played out through several roun...
Penguin Press In the first half of Sanjena Sathian’s terrific debut novel, Gold Diggers, it’s the early ’00s, and Kanye is all over the radio. But the gold that Sathian’s protagonist Neil has on his mind is a little more literal than the gold Kanye is rapping about. Neil, 15 years old, is ensconced in an Indian American enclave in the suburbs of Atlanta, listlessly attempting to live up to his parents’ expectations for him. Too nerdy to pass as cool and too bored by most of his classes to flourish as one of the smart set, Neil longs to excel, to win his parents’ approval, to win ...
The Reckoning. Few filmmakers, if any, capture the feeling of yearning as well as Wong Kar Wai. The Hong Kong filmmaker crafts lush, gorgeous, and often heartbreaking stories about the often elusive romances of hopeless romantics. The Criterion Collection has put together a stunning box set featuring the filmmaker’s finest work – his feature debut As Tears Go By, his 1990 film Days of Being Wild, his breakout movie Chungking Express, which introduced him to an even bigger audience; Fallen Angels; In the Mood For Love, and its not-quite-sequel 2046. One of these films alone is re...