Kelly Link, the Fabulist in the Woods

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( profile [The Fabulist in the Woods]( In Northampton with Kelly Link and her community of like-minded writers. Photo: Sara Messinger Kelly Link lives in a yellow farmhouse in Northampton with her husband, the editor Gavin J. Grant, and their 14-year-old daughter, Ursula. They have a Labradoodle named Koko and, out back, six chickens named after dragons and fonts: Toothless, Falkor, Fafnir, Midgard Serpent, Bembo, and Chancery. When I arrived on a snowy night in January, she offered me wool slippers and tea. “I’m an absolute hobbit,” she said — a creature fond of a warm hearth and a quiet evening at home. We settled at the kitchen table beside a potted sweet-potato vine that had sprouted in the pantry. “I didn’t have the heart to …” She petted the leaves. “It was so determined.” [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Below Deck: [Playing With Fire]( • Perry Mason: [The Illusion of Vengeance]( • The Bachelor: [Triple Dipper]( • Summer House: [Early Check Out]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Two Party Down Episodes, Two Snapshots of American Politics John Enbom explains the satirical echoes in the new season’s spiritual sequel to “California College Conservative Union Caucus.”]( [AirPods in — Mrs. Davis Is Calling It’s nun versus AI in Damon Lindelof’s new series.]( By Jason P. Frank [Who Is She? Bill Nighy’s Sylvanian Oscars Date Revealed. Everything we know about the Oscar nominee’s leporine plus-one.]( By Rebecca Alter [Keanu Reeves Dodges Marriage Proposal at John Wick 4 Premiere But not talk of a Constantine sequel.]( By Justin Curto [Grab a Bite With Two Rachel Weiszes in This Exclusive Dead Ringers Clip If you thought you wanted to be murdered by ONE Rachel Weisz …]( By Rebecca Alter [How The Glory’s Gruesome Ending Sets Up a Possible Season Two What could a second season of Netflix’s latest K-drama success look like? More important, could a second season even happen?]( By Kayti Burt [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 11-Across, Five Letters: Edward Cullen’s adoptive sister. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Shutterstock, Getty Images Into It: The Messy Episode Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photos: Todd Williamson/Bravo Into It host Sam Sanders [couldn’t escape these stories if he tried](. On every social-media platform he frequents, these two scandals’ minutiae are being discussed and investigated. The Cut’s Danya Issawi is in real deep on all things Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber. “I was actively scrolling away from every video that was related to Hailey or Selena or Justin — and I was still getting served video after video after video,” she says. “At some point, you’re gonna get dragged into whatever drama is happening inside of that app, whether you like it or not.” [Read more from Vulture]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-vulture?email={EMAIL}&hash=39357a76f6d08b16239fd2ffa65e9c6f¶m=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved