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On October 25th, 2025, the recording artist St. Vincent engaged in conversation with Vinson Cunningham, a staff writer for The New Yorker, during the 26th annual New Yorker Festival, a weekend filled with discussions, screenings, performances, and other events. The Festival, which stands as the magazine’s hallmark celebration, unfolded in New York City and assembled prominent figures from the realms of literature, cinema, comedy, television, politics, and medicine.
St. Vincent, the professional moniker of Annie Clark, is a musician, a producer, and a director, globally recognized for her boundary-breaking music and her groundbreaking multimedia artistry. She has secured six Grammy Awards, including three accolades for Best Alternative Music Album, for “St. Vincent,” “Daddy’s Home,” and her most recent offering, “All Born Screaming.” Lauded for her masterful guitar playing, her sound-based explorations, her insightful lyrical storytelling, and her constantly changing visual presentation, St. Vincent has consistently earned critical praise for challenging conventions. Her blending of art rock, electronic sounds, and pop sensibilities within her music has solidified her standing as one of the most impactful artists of her time.
Vinson Cunningham became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 2016. Since 2018, he has been a critic for the publication, covering theatre, television, and related topics. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in both 2024 and 2025 and received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the 2021-22 season. In 2020, he was nominated for a National Magazine Award for his Profile of the comedian Tracy Morgan. He instructs at the Yale School of Art and Columbia University’s School of the Arts and co-hosts Critics at Large, The New Yorker’s weekly podcast focusing on culture and the arts. His first novel, “Great Expectations,” was released in 2024.
Sourse: newyorker.com