We chatted with the professor and poet about writing an accidental memoir, finding music to cry to, eating lemons in the bath, and more.
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Meet Mousume Sarker
Mousume Sarker is an East Village staple — she has been running NY Copy, Print, and Ship Center for almost two decades. As she prepares to close up shop this summer, we talked with her about embarking on this new chapter, the importance of ritual, navigating the New York City school system, and more.
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Meet Donna Servideo
in Recruiter
Donna Servideo is a warm, thoughtful, and stylish person, even if she doesn’t always see herself that way. We stopped by her house in upstate New York to chat about balancing a career and caregiving, dealing with death, and laughing so hard she peed her pants.
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Meet Rita McMahon
in Bird Rescuer
We met up with the wildlife rescuer in her Upper West Side apartment to talk about getting lost, discovering a lost Velázquez painting, and the time she stabbed someone with a pencil in a meeting.
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Meet Zara Rahim
in Publicist
We chatted with the communications strategist about growing up in Florida after 9/11, having her mom oil her hair, and career ego death.
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Camera Roll with Giulia Lanaro
We chatted with visual researcher Giulia about taking style inspo from aughts paparazzi shots, working from home with kids, and photographing summer vacations in magical places.
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Meet Naomi Titti
in Journalist
We visited the audio journalist at her Paris apartment and spoke about covering sexual assault, political feminism, and playing the harp.
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Meet Cherry Cheng
in Perfumer
We spoke to perfumer Cherry Cheng about how a childhood spent moving between countries led to her love of books and films, her experience studying perfumery, her art collection, and more.
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Camera Roll with Olivia Haroutounian
We spoke with vintage dealer Olivia about bringing fun back to fashion, her vintage shopping tips and inspiration, and taking up scrapbooking.
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In Transit with Latasha Wright
in Educator
Latasha Wright, the Co-Founder of BioBus, a mobile science education program, invited us aboard to chat about listening to Beyonce on the subway and at Madison Square Garden, learning to twirl fire, and the funniest thing she’s seen on her commute.
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Camera Roll with Sarah Brown
We spoke with the designer about her Dario Argento-inspired phone upgrade, starting a brand over drinks at Clandestino, her ‘thing for grapes,’ and more.
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Meet Penelope Fletcher
We spoke with bookstore owner Penelope Fletcher about growing up in a dystopian utopia, moving to Paris, her experience of reopening her bookstore with her friend who had cancer, and the community she has curated through selling books.
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Meet Priyanka Kohli
in Babysitter
We spoke to nanny and real estate agent Priyanka about the life event that led her to Paris, her community of cats and caring neighbors, and how she has stayed connected to her spirituality in a new place.
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Camera Roll with Yolanda Edwards
The magazine editor’s love of travel has brought her to California, Greece, Bordeaux, New York, and back again. We spoke with Yolanda about the lock screen photo she might never change, her tips for emerging travel writers, the suburban mom who changed the course of her life, and more.
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Meet Naïlat Salama Djae and Salimata Ali Chahidi
We talked with mother-daughter duo Salimata and Naïlat about how they learned to communicate with one another, finding the balance between remembering and moving forward, and the time they went clubbing together.
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Meet Lyudmila Koltonyuk
in Hairdresser
We talked to hairdresser Lyudmila Koltonyuk about her grandparents’ barbershop in Ukraine, finding the courage to leave bad relationships, the music that takes her back in time, and buying a whole new outfit on her lunch break.
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Meet Mina Juhn
We talked with lawyer Mina Junh about delivering babka to Claes Oldenburg and Kiki Smith, deciding to go to law school, filling her home with art from friends, and more.
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Meet Sepideh Farsi
in Filmmaker
We spoke to the filmmaker about biking in Paris and running in Athens, how her curious nature helps her find her subjects, and balancing motherhood and her career.
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Camera Roll with Lynn Hershman Leeson
in Artist
When she’s not in her studio, the artist can be spotted on a walk through her neighborhood or a nearby park or visiting an exhibition at a museum. We spoke with Lynn about using her phone to find unexpected connections to fuel her art, befriending paintings, the algorithms underpinning society, and more.
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Meet Grace Yi Tang
in Receptionist
We met up with Grace Yi Tang, a receptionist at KEISY in Chinatown, to talk about her childhood in Malaysia, taking a parental role from an early age, and finding a sense of peace in life’s most stressful moments.
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