![]() ![]() I pay attention to my local mall, and it seems to be much less a place for shopping than a place you go to for entertainment. ![]() But also, malls-when I was growing up-were a place where people would go hang out, especially high school kids. Karin Lin-Greenberg: Obviously, the dying malls tell us a lot about commerce, about where we’re shopping. Jaeyeon Yoo: I’m curious what drew you to write about malls, and what you think they depict about today’s United States. I chatted with Karin Lin-Greenberg about suburbia culture, the uniquely American phenomenon of desensitizing gun violence, and (on a lighter note) her favorite mall food. Similarly, she highlights how mall culture functions simultaneously as a dying part of suburbia, a symbol of lost dreams, and-perhaps surprisingly-a form of controlled community. ![]() Lin-Greenberg mines the spectacular within everyday life, whether that is a moment of public violence or intense beauty. But with Lin-Greenberg’s in-depth character development, You Are Here shows both the unexpected connections between strangers and the unshakeable assumptions we have about one another. ![]()
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