Bwecomendations - October 2026

Media we think you would enjoy — but likely not as much as The Blue and White Magazine

Natalie Buttner, Editor-in-Chief:  Detectorists (Acorn). The Sundays, “Summertime.” Cutting your losses. Oatmeal. 

Duda Kovarsky Rotta, Managing Editor: Zéquinha de Abreu, “Tico-Tico no Fubá.” Pierre Nora, “Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Mémoire.” Miguel Lago, “Entre 1920 e 2030.” Irish Breakfast tea. 

Nnema Épée-Bounya, Deputy Editor: Cesária Evora, “Homem na Meio di’Homem.” Hisham Matar, My Friends. Fiona Apple, “Across the Universe.” Tiakola, WpointM.

Lucy Spencer Mason, Publisher: Queen, “Cool Cat.” Animal Collective, “Banshee Beat.” The West Wing (NBC).  

Hannah Lui, Co-Crossword Editor: Adam Moss, The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing. Stephen Sondheim, “Getting Married Today.”

Ines Alto, Co-Illustrations Editor: “Marceline’s Closet,” Adventure Time (Hulu). The Pharcyde, “Passin’ Me By.” Bookbinding.

Iris Pope, Co-Illustrations Editor: operelly, “If someone’s gonna love you.” Foo Fighters, “February Stars.” J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey. 

Elika Khosravani, Literary Editor: The Hollies, “Witchy Woman.” Bummer and Lazarus.

Audrey Wang, Web Editor: wave to earth, “sing it all again.” boygenius, “Revolution 0.”

Jack Bradner, Senior Editor: Glitterer, “Stainless Steel.” Letters to Cleo, “I Want You to Want Me.” M. R. O’Connor, “The Art of Leaping Out of Planes to Fight Wildfires.”

Iris Eisenman, Senior Editor: Clarice Lispector, Água Viva. Jane Remover, “Beauty Sleep.” 

Magda Lena Griffel, Senior Editor: Empress Of, “SYW feat. Cecile Believe.” My Brilliant Friend (HBO). Cherubs.

Zoe Gallis, Senior Editor: Brian Eno, Music for Airports. Geese, Alive & In Person. William Carlos Williams, Thursday. @poeticpuppets on Instagram.

Marianna Jocas, Senior Editor: Dj Caio Vieira, Mc Mininin, and LUUK, “Arraiá no Serrão.” My Unique Thrift. Thick gold filigree hoops. 

Gabriela McBride, Senior Editor: Julia Jacklin, The Gem. Dilly beans. 

George Murphy, Senior Editor: John McPhee, Oranges. Hermanos Gutiérrez, Hijos del Sol. Solaris (1972).

Caroline Nieto, Senior Editor: New Order, “Blue Monday 88 (Official Music Video)”; Judie Tzuke, Ritmo; Sophie Kemp, “Girls”; Cobalt blue.

Ana Sorrentino, Senior Editor: Wet Leg, “Wet Dream.” Mouseatouille, “Letters.” Apple butter. 

Willow Bradford, Staff Writer: Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History. Crew Girl, Netflix.

Elizabeth Christiansen, Staff Writer: Suki Waterhouse, Loveland.  The Stooges, Raw Power. Brideshead Revisited (1981). A Room With A View (1985).

Katherine Clovis, Staff Writer: Manhattan (1979). Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003). Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004). Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, “Movin’ Right Along.” Anton Chekhov, Selected Stories. Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim. Saying “I’m happy as a clam and gay as a lark.”

Liam Curedale, Staff Writer: Title Fight, “Be a Toy.” Patti Smith, “Piss Factory.” Aterciopelados, “Luz Azul.” Silvina Ocampo, Thus Were Their Faces. Nowhere (1997)

Sara Elazab, Staff Writer: Yasmin Zaher, The Coin. Rabih Alameddine & John Freeman, The Penguin Book of the International Short Story.

Elise Gonzales, Staff Writer: Chet Atkins and Dolly Parton, “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind.” Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures.  All the President’s Men (1976). 

Aliyyah Hamid, Staff Writer: Umera Ahmed, Dar-e-Nijaat. Trench coats.

Audrey Keer, Staff Writer: InKind, the app. Studio Bumi. 

David Kramer, Staff Writer: The History of Concrete (2026). Joseph Mazur, The Clock Mirage. Chet Baker, Chet Baker Sings. David Bowie, “The Man Who Sold The World.”

Zelia Lerch, Staff Writer: The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Good for my Soul.” The Rehearsal (HBO) Season 2. This American Life, “129 Cars.” Cyanotypes.

Vladimir Mkrtchian, Staff Writer, Layout Staff: Susan Sontag, AIDS and Its Metaphors

Ana Morales, Staff Writer: Ursula Le Guin, “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction.”

Michael Onwutalu, Staff Writer: Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026). Adults: Season 2 (Hulu). John Updike, Always Looking. Tinashe, Popstar. Miley Cyrus, “Rooting for My Baby.” Elizabeth Hardwick, “Straight Play.” “All Good Things,” Lucky (Apple TV).

Sara Omer, Staff Writer: Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures.

Saanvi Sahoo, Staff Writer: Slayyyter, wor$t man in america. Near to the Wild Heart, Clarice Lispector. Bound (1996). Bryan Washington, “How Many.” 

Canyon Sallady, Staff Writer: 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). The Outfield, “Your Love.”

Adeline Sauberli, Staff Writer: Walt Whitman, “To a Stranger.” Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Whittling Book. Dumb phones.

Isabel Swain, Staff Writer: Sara Tavares, Xinti. Deprisa, Deprisa (1981)

Ruiyu Tang, Staff Writer: Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk. Twenty One Pilots, “Oldies Station.” In Search of Bengali Harlem (2022). Chris Jones, “The Night My Marriage Fell Apart.”

Selma White-Pascual, Staff Writer: Kenan Orhan, The Renovation: A Novel. Sticky toffee pudding from Tea & Sympathy. Seu Jorge, “Burguesinha.” 

Dariya Yerkinbayeva, Staff Writer: The Hours (2002). Suki Waterhouse, Loveland (Bonus Track Version). Leonard Cohen, “Joan of Arc.” Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen (Netflix). Zemfira, “П.М.М.Л.”

Etta Lund, Staff Illustrator: Ada Limón, Miracle Fish. Meghann Riepenhoff, Ice. Ana Andrade, Río de Agua Viva. Publications by The Goose Egg. 

Isabelle Oh, Staff Illustrator: Leigh Bardugo, Dead Beat. Joni Mitchell, “Both Sides Now.” RM, “Around the world in a day.”

Nini Vilac, Staff Illustrator: Amaia, Cuando No Sé Quién Soy 

Eliana Son, Staff Illustrator: Belle and Sebastian, “Sleep the Clock Around.” Nate Marshall, palindrome. Usagi gallery.

Elizabeth Xu, Staff Illustrator: Blu-Swing, “Sum.” GDJYB and WHIZZ, “Hey Darling Darling, Fill My Empty Soul.”

Olive Clarke, Staff Illustrator: Dave Matthews Band, “Crash Into Me.” Nope (2022).

Calleigh Blyth, Staff Illustrator: DAKOOKA, нашла в столе. Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin, Ordinary Saints.

Mo Fahad, Staff Illustrator: Elif Shafak, “Forty Rules of Love.” Memoir of a Snail (2024)

Riesling Liu, Staff Illustrator: Iron Boy (2026). Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Chris Rainbow, “Don’t Take the Night Away.”