Culture

Ira Sen

Ira Sen edits culture at This Week's Cover. She writes about frames, rooms, and the names that remain after an issue leaves the stand.

Culture

The week the cover learned to wait quietly

A desk story about a cover that waited out the week, written to prove the new editorial desk can save a draft and publish it onto the magazine.

Culture

The cover is a room you can walk into

This Week's Cover treats the frame as a room: one picture, a week of culture inside it, and the names that stay after the issue closes.

Culture

Ink dries faster than the masthead

The name on the cover is set in metal and in pixels. This Week's Cover watches the ink dry and asks which letters are allowed to stay.