Bwecommendations, NSOP 2022

In which we demonstrate that summer break did not inhibit our mission to cultivate our rich inner lives.

Claire Shang, Editor in Chief: Adania Shibli, Minor Detail. Olive oil cake. The pursuit of happiness …

Sylvie Epstein, Managing Editor: Brooklyn (2015). Brooklyn (borough). Raw corn salad. All songs Van Morrison.

Kat Chen, Digital Editor: Orville Peck, Bronco. Harley Quinn (HBO Max).

Tarini Krishna, Publisher: Llama Inn. Neggy Gemmy, “Daydream.” Jazz in the gardens at the National Gallery.

Hart Hallos, Illustrations Editor: Ohhh god. Oh god oh god oh god oh god. Oh gee. Hold on I’m thinking. I had a really good one a second ago!

Madeleine Hermann, Illustrations Editor: Fiona Apple, Fetch The Bolt Cutters. Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others. Finding cool rocks.

Annie Poole, Layout Editor: Olivia Laing, Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency.

Eliza Rudalevige, Literary Editor: Eileen Myles, Inferno. Tommy Lefroy, “The Cause.” Collecting shiny things.

Grace Adee, Senior Editor: Remi Wolf, Live at Electric Lady. Pillsbury Grands! Original Biscuits.

Dominy Gallo, Senior Editor: Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Almond butter.

Anouk Jouffret, Senior Editor: “Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars” at NYPL. A Separation (2011).

Kelsey Kitzke, Senior Editor: Florence + the Machine, Dance Fever. Arlo Parks. Trying to stay in one place.

Becky Miller, Senior Editor: Listening to Doechii. Going to a psychic.

Victor Omojola, Senior Editor: Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji. Official Competition (2022).

Sona Wink, Senior Editor: Heart, “Barracuda.” McVitie’s Digestive Wheat Biscuits. (Best enjoyed simultaneously.)

Margaret Connor, Staff Writer: Yellow Magic Orchestra, “Taiso.” Guy Davidson, “Hipsters and Homosexuals.” People watching in unfamiliar places.

Sadia Haque, Staff Writer: Only Murders in the Building Season 2 (Hulu). Corinne Bailey Rae, “Put Your Records On.”

Will Lyman, Staff Writer: Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends. Rewatching How To Get Away with Murder (Netflix). Belvedere club sodas with three lemons, carcass out.

Anna Patchefsky, Staff Writer: Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers. The license plate game.

Muni Suleiman, Staff Writer: Mornings at Joyce Kilmer Park. Beyoncé, Renaissance. Long night drives home.

Phoebe Wagoner, Staff Illustrator: Witnessing local high schooler having graduation photoshoot, apparently?