Art Basel 2023 Diary
Harper’s Bazaar

“Large black birds circle the sky in downtown Miami. I first notice them as I drive into the city from the airport. During the cold months, they come from all over the country, escaping to warmer climes to perch on the many high-rises in Midtown. I later find out they’re vultures.” Online.

Gary Simmons: Public Enemy
Interview Magazine

Interview with the artist Gary Simmons on his recent retrospective Public Enemy at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Online.

12 Hours in Miami: Sukeban Wrestling
Interview Magazine

Novelist Marlowe Granados takes us backstage at the Japanese female wrestling league Sukeban. Online.

A Night at the Met Gala’s Other Red Carpet
The Cut

The lobby of the Mark Hotel is infamous. Celebrities pour out of the elevators as they make their way to the Met Gala.

Chaos Reigned at Art Basel
The Cut

Marlowe Granados is the party reporter of Art Basel 2022.

Designs for Living:
An Advice Column
The Baffler

In DESIGNS FOR LIVING, columnist Marlowe Granados dispenses sound advice in a noisy world. F
rom 2019-2022.

In Defense of Romance
Harper’s Bazaar

Romance, Marlowe Granados argues, is a form of polishing, a way to make the endless churn of capitalism a little easier to bear.

The Secret Life of Hotels
Airmail

Review of Ludwig Bemelmans’s Hotel Splendide

Sheila Heti Redefines
What a Novel Can Be
Maclean’s

The author set out to write a book ‘that no one can say what it’s about.’ And possibly created a whole new genre. Marlowe Granados profiles Sheila Heti. Online & in print.

Losing Control 
at the Prado
Harper’s Bazaar

"I’m not easily swept up," Marlowe Granados writes. But as a novelist, she discovered "the best way to undergo love or art is to let it wash over you."

My Nights Among The Almost It Girls
Nylon Magazine

On It Girls, Fake I.D.’s and fending off creeps.

Is That All There Is?
Globe & Mail

In this new world, perhaps we need a little nostalgia, and a bit of naivety.

Marlowe Granados’ Spring Fling
Browns Fashion

In her characteristic anecdotal style, Granados takes us on a cocktail-soaked fantasy ride, talking us through her spring essentials. Consider this an ode to your new spring mood.

The Bimbo’s Laugh
The Baffler

An old Hollywood stereotype makes a comeback.
On the BIMBO phenomenon. Online & in print.

Body And Soul
Elle Magazine

Welcome to the era of sensual dressing. Sex indubitably sells, but the spring 2022 runways offered up something far subtler. Online & in print.

The Fresh Hell of Modern Dating
W Magazine

Thoughts on Mimi Cave’s film Fresh (2022) starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan.

The World’s Most Beautiful Brush
Real Life

What makes a strictly utilitarian object luxurious? This essay is part of Home Icons, a series about the cultural and material histories of domestic objects.

The Instagram 
Mushroom Lamp
Maclean’s

Why that mushroom lamp took over your TikTok feed—and your living room. Around the end of 2020, the mushroom lamp was everywhere. You can thank TikTok and Instagram's algorithms for turning our homes into paint-by-numbers. Online & in print.

Glamour in Isolation
Globe & Mail

How does one create glamour alone and in a pandemic? Marlowe Granados writes about an exploration into a new idea of glamour. Online & in print.

Trivial Pursuits
The Baffler

From Ann Harding to Kay Francis—the romantic politics of the adventuress.

The Impossibilities of Glamour & Dating
Trampoline Hall

Lecture presented at The Garrison as part of the infamous Toronto lecture series Trampoline Hall. Curated by Owen Pallett.

The Way We Wore
Fashion Magazine

The pursuit of covetable pieces keeps fashion enthusiast Marlowe Granados connected to a pre-COVID-19 way of life. Online & in print.

I Turn My Camera On
The Baffler

Notes on the aesthetics of TikTok. Separated from their friends, their classrooms, their social lives, Gen Z has flocked to TikTok. Marlowe Granados considers the aesthetics of the platform, which contrasts with the staged, staid squares of Instagram. Online & in print.