Miranda July

1 month ago | mutualart.com | Lina Ghotmeh |Martine Gutierrez |Miranda July |Theaster Gates Jr.

Lina Ghotmeh. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / MussklprozzThe French Lebanese architect will design the third new structure in the Venice Biennale Giardini in 50 years. Ocula >Around 50 artists working across disciplines including photography, video, sculpture, painting and installation received the coveted fellowships. The Art Newspaper >Elaine Wynn, the co-founder of Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts, billionaire philanthropist and art collector, has died.

1 month ago | fivebooks.com | Aria Aber |Miranda July |Sanam Mahloudji |Elizabeth Strout

recommended by Kit de Waal The 2025 shortlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction features a family saga about formerly rich Iranian refugees, a surprisingly funny tale of ISIS brides and a "weird" midlife crisis adventure in suburban California. We asked the bestselling novelist—chair of this year's judging panel—to talk us through the six finalists. Thank you for joining me to discuss the 2025 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. What were the judges looking for?

1 month ago | danschorr.substack.com | Dan Schorr |Miranda July |Brooke Warner |Grant Faulkner

Can we talk about All Fours? I read ’s novel last month and it has stayed in my head ever since, in a way that’s different from any other book I’ve read recently. And while I felt a strong connection to this story, I’ve also wondered whether I’m actually supposed to be part of the target audience. I thought this novel was so interesting, not just because of its actual story, but because of the wildly varied reactions it inspires.

1 month ago | mirandajuly.substack.com | Miranda July

I’m writing this in a Mediterranean resturant called Aroma, it’s in a strip mall in Hollywood. My girlfriend has a chiropractic appointment in the same building and I’m waiting for her. I feel like I “stumbled on a real little gem” (doesn’t take much for me to feel like this) (really all I have to do is leave the house.) This sandwich is amazing. The young men next to me are talking about the house one of the men just bought with his wife.

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Sarah Moss |Dani Shapiro |Maggie Smith |Miranda July

As an actress, Amanda Seyfried regularly inhabits the lives of others, real and imagined. As a reader, too, Seyfried gravitates toward works in which writers take readers “deep inside of their lives, for better, or for worse.” She recently spoke with us about a few titles that raise questions about what it means to be a good daughter, wife, and mother—and that have made her feel less alone. Her comments have been edited and condensed.