Arielle Stambler
ARIELLE STAMBLER
“This is not writing.”

I’m zooming through a corridor made of words. On either side, chunky text passes by my shoulders. My eyes flit from one wall to the […]

March 22, 2014

ARIELLE STAMBLER
Jupiter on Broadway

I’m weaving through a tattooed crowd outside of Toad’s on York Street one November night, trying to reach the York-Elm intersection before the 20-second crossing […]

September 17, 2012

ARIELLE STAMBLER
Get Lost, Find New Haven

When they swear me to secrecy, I imagine it’s because I’m about to hear highly sensitive information — talk of illicit deals or citywide conspiracies. […]

April 4, 2012

ARIELLE STAMBLER
How to Succeed in Comedy (without The Lampoon)

My first reaction was that it looked much bigger on TV. Through slightly dimmed house lights, 200 audience members were filing into tightly-packed blue and […]

January 26, 2012

ARIELLE STAMBLER
When Inspiration Strikes

You know the situation: your big essay is due tomorrow, and you still haven’t started it. Sure, you have done some planning, some brainstorming, found […]

December 1, 2011

ARIELLE STAMBLER
New Yorker writer shares wisdom on writing, life

Hilton Als, staff writer and theater critic for The New Yorker, writes what he knows. Als, the recipient of a 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship for creative […]

March 24, 2011