tales

The press release for his birthday show calls the performance “an endless bag of trans-gressive, and hetero-non-aggressive twisted tales that will warm the dark little hearts of non-binary brats all over the world.”

The Autry Museum’s upcoming exhibition, “Black Cowboys: An American Story,” brings the untold tales of iconic figures into full view through a mix of rare artifacts, photographs, oral histories and film.

Gui Christ wanted to photograph a proud, young generation representing African deities and mythological tales.

But Millet’s deftly told tales — in “Atavists,” as in her other novels and collections — demonstrate how a narrative framework creates meaning for human life.

The news has been a steady, depressing drumbeat of complicity tales lately.