Paula Mejía
Paula Mejía is a Colombian American writer and editor from Houston. Her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, GQ, the Atlantic, Texas Monthly, and other publications. She teaches graduate arts writing at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and lives in Los Angeles.
Hollywood’s Controversial Coroner
A new documentary, Coroner to the Stars, chronicles the career of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, whose work on Marilyn Monroe, RFK, and others reshaped forensic medicine.
Sunshine Pop: 5 Essential Tracks
Mellow and oh so mood setting.
Big Acts Who Have Soaked Up Sunshine Pop
From Beyoncé to Cypress Hill, these genre-spanning artists have sampled, referenced, or reshaped sunshine pop’s bright melodies and shadowy undertones.
Sunshine Pop: When the Sun Goes Down
Five years after their disastrous first performance, the Beach Boys transformed surf music into sunshine pop.