The Most Arrogant Architect, Anna Wintour’s Scary Met Gala Power and Malia Obama’s Big Move

What We’re Reading

By James Brock // May 3, 2016

This man has built many things, but some of his residential projects are not so beloved, it seems. (Courtesy aasarchitecture.com)

Our editors are a diverse lot, and are constantly perusing a long and broad list of publications. Fashion? Art? Architecture? Culinary studies? Semantics? It’s all here. In What We’re Reading, PaperCity shares the wealth.

Paul Goldberger has written a biography of Frank Gehry, and it’s been garnering a lot of attention. Gehry’s arrogance has been widely documented, and Goldberger’s volume is a great addition to works about the famous architect. Read a review here.

Does time actually exist? We sense its passing, but what is it? And why does it not seem to matter to the science of physics? Gene Tracy attempts to answer the question in this essay.

Eileen Myles submitted poems to The New Yorker for 30 years, and nothing. Then, one was accepted, and she was paid $600 for it. Read her story here.

Anna Wintour has the power … in more ways than one. Looking to attend the Met Gala? You better study up on what it takes to meet the Wintour approval.

Malia Obama has made it official: The eldest daughter of the President and the First Lady will attend Harvard, beginning in the fall of 2017.