Jen Rae Wang

Oct 9, 2024 | sonderbooks.com | Jen Rae Wang

Review posted October 9, 2024 First Second, 2024. 320 pages. Review written October 8, 2024, from a library book. Starred Review 2024 Cybils Finalist, YA Graphic Novels 2024 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #3 More Teen Fiction This is a gorgeous and thoughtful graphic novel about a nonbinary teen named Ash who doesn't feel like their family gets them. They often use Ash's former name (shown with a black bar over it in the speech bubble) and use the pronoun "her" to talk about them.

Sep 30, 2024 | vogue.com | Jen Rae Wang

Finneas O’Connell likes to disappear. A tendency toward self-effacement may seem like an unexpected character trait for the youngest person ever to win a Producer of the Year Grammy, a prize that has pride of place in Finneas’s living room, alongside the other nine he’s earned for his work with his sister, Billie Eilish. But seated at the dining table in his LA home, the 27-year-old musician elaborates.

Sep 19, 2024 | vogue.com | Jen Rae Wang

On an uncharacteristically overcast afternoon in August, I meet Los Angeles–based painter Hilary Pecis at her Eastside studio. The large-scale works for her new solo show, “Warm Rhythm,” line the oblong warehouse walls and are getting touched up in preparation to ship out, bound for the opening of her show at the David Kordansky Gallery in New York. “Not my favorite,” the 45-year-old California native says of the gloomy skies, where the steadfast midsummer sun has all but disappeared.

Sep 3, 2024 | wmagazine.com | Jen Rae Wang |Tim Walker |Gerry O’Kane

Hunter Schafer wears a Prada dress and hat. Six years ago, on the first day of shooting the pilot for Euphoria, Hunter Schafer had a moment of panic. A 20-year-old runway model with no acting experience at the time, Schafer was tasked with something that even veteran actors sometimes struggle with: crying on command. “I’m, like, number two on the call sheet, and I have to deliver,” she recounts over Zoom, her upbeat tone turning solemn.

Aug 14, 2024 | bookweb.org | Blanca Ros Gómez |X. Y. Fang |James Ponti |Jen Rae Wang

Aug 14 2024 September/October 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List Preview Printer-friendly versionHere is a preview of the titles on the September/October 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Kids’ Box mailing. The September/October title list is also viewable as a collection in Edelweiss. The tri-fold, four-color flier features the top 10 children’s titles for September/October and additional titles organized by age group.