Tiana Reid

Tiana Reid is an assistant professor of English at York University. Her research and teaching interests include black literature, gender, and labor. Her writing has appeared in American Quarterly, Art in America, Bookforum, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and The Paris Review, among other places.

Jeremy O. Harris

The Extravagant Enigma of Jeremy O. Harris The Extravagant Enigma of Jeremy O. Harris

An eccentric HBO documentary on the production of his hot-button play Slave Play doubles as a funhouse portrait of the playwright.

Sep 19, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Tiana Reid

Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite

Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite

Combining video, performance, and music, his work tackles themes of sex, labor, public space, and the body.

Nov 22, 2019 / Tiana Reid

The Shed Sucks: A Dispatch From New York’s Latest Cultural Megaspace

The Shed Sucks: A Dispatch From New York’s Latest Cultural Megaspace The Shed Sucks: A Dispatch From New York’s Latest Cultural Megaspace

The Hudson Yards cultural center proves—yet again—that art is inseparable from commerce. 

May 23, 2019 / Tiana Reid

Hearing the Trauma You Can’t See

Hearing the Trauma You Can’t See Hearing the Trauma You Can’t See

Kevin Beasley’s new Whitney show, built around a massive, whirring cotton-gin motor, argues for a new way to listen to the horror and beauty of history.

Feb 13, 2019 / Tiana Reid

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