Madelyn Dawson writes about music, books, and desire (among other things) from New York and New Haven. She can be found everywhere @madelyndwsn.

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Selected work
- Nonfiction
8
- Poetry
1

Ravyn Lenae in the Radical Present
2024
Nonfiction
Essay
Journalism

The Black Crowes Have Stopped Pretending
2024
Nonfiction
Long Read
Journalism

Drop Nineteens Can’t Wait to Meet You
2023
Nonfiction
Long Read
Journalism

The Radiologist — The Yale Literary Magazine
2025
Poetry

Mamaleek: Utter Enigma and Understandably Human
2024
Nonfiction
Essay
Journalism

Move Over and Give Us Some Room: Portishead’s Dummy at 30
2024
Nonfiction
Essay
Cultural Criticism

In Support Of The Books, Not Bombs Referendum
2024
Nonfiction
Essay
Politics

Clamoring for Desire in Sophie Kemp’s Paradise Logic
2025
Nonfiction
Essay
Review

Model/Actriz Twist and Twirl on Pirouette
2025
Nonfiction
Essay
Review