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The Opulence and Liberation of Maximalism

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AHP Note: Every so often I get a great pitch for a guest interview and hand the Culture Study reins over to someone else (usually a reader who *gets it*) to handle the interview (and get paid for it, of course — your subscriptions made it possible for me to pay significantly above the going industry rate). This week, Hannah Steinkopf-Frank interviews Washington Post book critic Becca Rothfeld about the consequences of minimalism and “creative austerity” — and the bounties of maximalism. It’s a fascinating conversation and deeply Culture Study. Enjoy, and if you have a spectacularly good idea for a future interview, you know where to find me (aka, my email: annehelenpetersen at gmail dot com) Have you ever found yourself turned off by the decluttering mantra of Marie Kondo, lacking the mental clarity that mindfulness is supposed to provide or uninspired by the shallowness of contemporary literature? You might not be alone, as Washington Post book critic Becca Rothfeld argues in her new

Interviews The Opulence and Liberation of Maximalism In Praise of Excess!!!! Sep 08, 2024 251 46 33 Share AHP Note: Every so often I get a great pitch for a guest interview and hand the Culture Study reins over to someone else (usually a reader who *gets it*) to handle the interview (and get paid for it, of course — your subscriptions made it possible for me to pay significantly above the going industry rate). This week, Hannah Steinkopf-Frank interviews Washington Post book critic Becca Rothfeld about the consequences of minimalism and “creative austerity” — and the bounties of maximalism. It

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