Emily Cox

1 week ago | apollo-magazine.com | Emily Cox

Modernism loves its misfits, but Edvard Munch was not one of them. It is tempting to see the painter as a sui generis Scandinavian, a misunderstood misanthrope brandishing his brush against the tired conventions of art academies and the hypocritical mores of bourgeois society. We know how that story goes.

2 months ago | apollo-magazine.com | Emily Cox

Inside Edith Wharton’s house, a mirthful ode to classical taste THIS ARTICLE IS FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts, designed by the writer Edith Wharton, who lived there from 1902 to 1911. Photo: Catherine Mallette/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

2 months ago | audible.com | Emily Cox

Note: Text has been lightly edited for clarity and does not match audio exactly. Emily Cox: Hi. This is Emily Cox. I'm an editor here at Audible, and today I'm thrilled to be chatting with Chris Hayes, journalist and host of the MSNBC show All In with Chris Hayes. He's also a podcaster and the author of a new book, The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource. Welcome, Chris. Chris Hayes: It's great to be here. EC: Thank you.

Jul 11, 2024 | apollo-magazine.com | Emily Cox

Olivia Laing’s latest book, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise, sets the reader an ambitious agenda. Laing asks us to see the garden less as a winsome pastime and more as an unlikely teacher – a powerful model for looking at, sifting through and being in the world – and a place to imagine the world as otherwise. It was in August 2020, at the height of the pandemic, that Laing moved to the Suffolk home that is the floriferous cornerstone of her book.

May 14, 2024 | audible.com | Emily Cox |Julia Quinn |Joanna Lowell |Mackenzi Lee

As romance listeners know, the best thing about the genre is that the pairing that’s promised will be delivered. So naturally, we have to wonder if fans were clamoring so loudly for Penny and Colin to get their happily-ever-after already that the creators shifted their plans around.