Melissa Giannini

Dua Lipa wants to show me her skylights. They’re not hers, exactly, belonging instead to the owners of the London Airbnb where she’s currently self-quarantining with her boyfriend, model Anwar Hadid. It’s actually the second Airbnb the 24-year-old singer has rented since returning from a trip to Australia to find her flat flooded, but they’re rolling with it. I can hear Hadid’s soft laughter as Lipa tilts her laptop toward the ceiling. It’s been four months since the global COVID-19 pandemic beg…

Angie Thomas, Juno Dawson, Hillary Chute, Nikki Grimes, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Ashley Hope Pérez discuss the backlash—and what it means for their readers.

The designer offers a sensory guide to creating cozy spaces, plus Lake Tahoe travel recommendations.

At 67, the Raincoats bassist has released her debut solo album, I Play My Bass Loud, a groove-heavy storm of rage, play, and profound self-acceptance.

“When you see that you can counteract the destruction of this war with restoration, it is the most fulfilling emotion you can feel in war conditions.”

The West London singer-songwriter on My Chemical Romance, SOPHIE, Missy Elliott, and more.

It’s been over a decade since we’ve heard from the elusive White Stripes drummer. Could renewed attention over a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination coax her back into the spotlight?

The You & I singer-songwriter on Fatboy Slim, Lana Del Rey, Raye, and more.

At age 15, Jewel moved out of her turbulent home in rural Alaska and hitchhiked several hundred miles to attend a powwow. Sitting in a large circle, she froze when a talking stick was passed to her. Later, she was taken aside by two “uncles,” who told her the future of her life would depend upon learning to speak from her heart. It was there that she also heard the story of the raven, which she recites to me from memory.“There was a gathering every full moon of all the creatures of every kind,”…