Quinn Moreland

Quinn Moreland is an arts and culture writer based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York, The Guardian, Pitchfork, and more

Yoko Ono, 1967.

Why Is Yoko Ono Still Misunderstood? Why Is Yoko Ono Still Misunderstood?

A recent biography helps shed light on her life before and after John Lennon—making a case for the primacy of her art and its lasting influence.

Nov 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland

Caspar David Friedrich, “Woman Before the Rising or Setting Sun,” ca. 1818–24.

The Wandering Souls of Caspar David Friedrich The Wandering Souls of Caspar David Friedrich

The German artist’s landscape paintings tried to capture the sublimity of a world that has vanished.

May 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland

‘PEN15’ Is So Good It Hurts

‘PEN15’ Is So Good It Hurts ‘PEN15’ Is So Good It Hurts

How the Hulu show reinvents the coming-of-age story.

Oct 26, 2020 / Quinn Moreland

Carrie Fisher’s Inimitable Voice

Carrie Fisher’s Inimitable Voice Carrie Fisher’s Inimitable Voice

Her books display a rare gift for making life’s bleakest moments less humiliating without diminishing their gravity.

May 6, 2020 / Quinn Moreland

Jia Tolentino On Wringing Joy Out of Our Nightmare World

Jia Tolentino On Wringing Joy Out of Our Nightmare World Jia Tolentino On Wringing Joy Out of Our Nightmare World

The New Yorker staff writer talks to us about all the cultural obsessions and crises she chronicles in her debut nonfiction collection Trick Mirror.  

Aug 8, 2019 / Quinn Moreland

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