Katy Kelleher is an art, design, nature, and science writer living in the woods of
Maine. Her work has appeared in the pages of the New York Times, The Guardian, American

Scholar, and Town & Country. She’s written online for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Jezebel, and

others. She’s a frequent contributor to The Paris Review and spent several years writing a

popular column on color, Hue’s Hue. Her essays have been anthologized in both Best

American Food Writing and Best American Science and Nature Writing.

Articles

Behind the Victorian-Era Obsession With Porcelain, There’s a Fraught History of Exploitation
The westward spread of the Chinese ceramics, known as “white gold,” saw these objects become a fascination in upper-class...