BWECOMMENDATIONS

Bwecommendations, June 2021

Because everyone needs summer reading—except us, because we are already doing it. Obviously.

Dominy Gallo, Editor-in-Chief: The Great (Hulu). Dinah Washington, “There Is No Greater Love - Live in Los Angeles, 1954.” Lyla Trilling, Managing Editor: Todd Haynes, Velvet Goldmine (1998). J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace. Hailey Ryan, Publisher: The Jersey Shore. Jersey Shore (Hulu). Samia Menon, Illustrations Editor: Kim’s Convenience (Netflix). Sitting under a kind-looking tree. Benjamine Mo, Literary Editor: Min Jin Lee, Pachinko. Matt Maltese, “Mystery.” Kat Chen, Assistant Literary Editor: Kim Petras, “I Don’t Want It At All.” Anything by Tomm Moore, I swear he’s the next Miyazaki. Sylvie Epstein, Senior Editor: The Met’s Alice Neel exhibit. Couples Therapy (Showtime). Elizabeth Jackson, Senior Editor: Bunheads (ABC Family). The Big Switch podcast. Nicole Kohut, Senior Editor: Xanax. Lactaid. Brooke McCormick, Senior Editor: Copenhagen, Denmark. Zoe Metcalfe, Senior Editor: Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix). Smoking rosemary before adding it to a cocktail. Sam Needleman, Senior Editor: Jamaica Kincaid, “Putting Myself Together.” The early films of Willa Neubauer. Sophie Poole, Senior Editor:Hacks (HBO), Episode 8 (written by Pat Regan, my aspirational sister). Eliza Rudalevige, Senior Editor: TikTok accounts dedicated to mushroom foraging. Tankinis. Claire Shang, Senior Editor: Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen, “Like I Used To.” Jorts, in moderation. Daniel Seizer, Assistant Publisher: Kim Petras, “Malibu.” Survivor: Cagayan (CBS). Annie Poole, Layout Editor: Sitcom classic The Nanny combined with contemporary art (@thenannyart). Alexander Aibel, Staff Writer: Pi’erre Bourne, The Life of Pi’erre 5. One Piece Wano Kuni. Emily Bach, Staff Writer: Pablo Neruda, “United Fruit Co.” Anything by Yvonne Vera. Elysa Caso-McHugh, Staff Writer: Grave of the Fireflies (1988) and Only Yesterday (1991). Michael Colton, Staff Writer: Beach Fossils, Somersault. Best in Show (2000). Gabriel Garon, Staff Writer: Patti Harrison in general. Tuna tartare. Frolicking. Cy Gilman: Janet Malcolm, “Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance”. M*A*S*H (Hulu). Chloë Gottlieb, Staff Writer: Tomie DePaola, Strega Nona. Tweed. Sadia Haque, Staff Writer: Lucifer (Netflix). In the Heights (2021). Annelie Hyatt, Staff Writer: High Maintenance (HBO). Harold Pinter, “Ashes to Ashes.” Jaden Jarmel-Schneider, Staff Writer: Ljubljana this time of year. Chloe Kok, Staff Writer: Terra Mediterranean Vegetable Chips. Tarini Krishna, Staff Writer: Cy Twombly at the MoMA. Experimental wine (Ovid). Becky Miller, Staff Writer: Odetta, Odetta Sings Dylan. Megan Thee Stallion’s “Thot Shit” music video. Willa Neubauer, Staff Writer: “‘Oh my God, I’m in the mouth of a whale’: What it’s like being swallowed by a humpback.” Victor Omojola, Staff Writer: Invincible (Prime Video). Ziwe (Showtime). Jai Qureshi, Staff Writer: In Defense of Plants podcast. Overcoats, The Fight. Styvalizh Uribe, Staff Writer: Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown. Samantha Sacks, Podcast Contributor: Day X (the NYT podcast). Comedy Cellar standby line. Hart Hallos, Staff Writer: Standing outside the Capital One building that says “A Proud Welcome” in rainbow lights (across from Union Square Park). Madeleine Hermann, Staff Illustrator: Julie Mehretu at the Whitney. Jin Ramen. Vanessa Mendoza, Staff Illustrator: In the Heights (2021). Lorde. Kate Steiner, Staff Illustrator: Love, Death + Robots (Netflix). Cucumbers with tajin. Aeja Rosette, CC ’22: Buzzballz. Dolly Parton. @happyfishhead tattoos. Hating on LA. Rea Rustagi, Staff Illustrator: Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend. Earl Sweatshirt, “Riot!” The Goodreads app. Maya Weed, CC ’22: Pushing Daisies (HBO Max). Cracking the shells of freshly cooked crawfish. THE BLUE AND WHITE