Stephanie Bastek

Stephanie Bastek is the senior editor of the Scholar and the producer/host of the Smarty Pants podcast.

The Sensual Sargent

Paul Fisher on the restless life of an American great

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday January 20, 2023

Lost in Smog

Darren Byler on translating the fiction of Uyghur writer Perhat Tursun

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday January 13, 2023

Santa’s Slay Bells

Kier-La Janisse on holiday slashers and other ghost tales for Christmas

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 23, 2022

By Land and By Sea

Dorthe Nors brings us to the North Sea Coast

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 16, 2022

Girl Troubles

Michelle Gallen talks about her new novel, Ireland in the 1990s, and finding your way in a bombed-out town

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 9, 2022

The Forgotten Radical

Lydia Moland on the children’s writer who had a change of heart

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 2, 2022

Roughing It

Ted Conover on life off-grid

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday November 18, 2022

The Abortion Underground

Laura Kaplan on the vital work of Jane

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday November 11, 2022

Tulsa 2022

RJ Young on the commemoration—and commercialization—of the massacre’s centenary

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday November 4, 2022

For the Love of Horror

Joe Vallese collects 25 queer reflections on formative films

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 28, 2022

Kinship and Contradictions

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 13, 2024

Overconsumed

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday November 29, 2024

American Horror Story

By Stephanie Bastek | Thursday October 31, 2024

The Writing on the Wall

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 18, 2024

This Woman’s Work

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 4, 2024

Queen of the Night

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 20, 2024

A Toothsome Tale

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 6, 2024

A Rebel to Remember

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 23, 2024

Going for Gold

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 9, 2024

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