Notable Colleagues and Correspondents
WHAT ARTICLE OF EVERYDAY WEAR BEST REPRESENTS YOU? Our contributors share with us.
BEHIND THE SCENES
JOHN DORAN
MEGHANLATA GUPTA
A T-shirt of the heavy metal band SunnO))). I have about 18, one for every year I’ve been watching them, with the older ones now vacuum-packed under my bed. I think I may need an intervention.
My mom enjoys making fleece tie blankets for her family and friends, and she has given me blankets to celebrate important moments in my life. I know I will cherish them forever. When I curl up under a blanket she made for me, I think of how much I love her and the wonderful memories we make together.
John Doran is the cofounder and editor of The Quietus website. A writer, author and broadcaster, he published the acclaimed memoir about alcoholism, habitual drug use and mental illness, Jolly Lad, in 2015, and wrote and presented The Cult of Aphex Twin for BBC Radio 4, which was a gold medal winner at the 2019 New York Festivals Radio Awards. His series New Weird Britain aired on Radio 4 in 2019. Doran is writing two books on music scheduled to be published in 2024 and 2025. Hard Wear, Page 36
Meghanlata Gupta is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, she is primarily interested in Native American history, law and policy, journalism and education. She is the founder of Indigenizing the News, a digital platform for Native news and voices, and is finishing a master’s degree in U.S. history at the University of Oxford with plans to attend Yale Law School this fall. To learn more about her work, visit meghanlata.com. Artistic Disruptors, Page 48
NICK HAGEN
I’m a practical person who has never cared much about being fashionable — so my Gortex raincoat. It can be packed into even the fullest bag, keeps me warm on chilly airplanes and has pit zips if it gets too muggy. I sometimes go for walks in the rain just to get the full use of it. Nick Hagen is a Detroit-based editorial photographer interested in digging into everyday situations and coming out with empathic stories. His work showcases the world in the most objective and truthful way possible, while retaining a tinge of optimism and humor. He works regularly with international and national news outlets like The Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Der Spiegel and Politico. He was an American Photography winner in 2018 and was featured in The Wall Street Journal’s The Year in Photos 2019 and The New York Times’ The Year in Pictures 2021. A Story Worth Telling, Page 18
STAY CONNECTED JOHN DORAN PHOTO BY AL OVERDRIVE
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