St. Vincent’s Conversations with Vinson Cunningham

On October 25, 2025, musician St. Vincent spoke with The New Yorker Staff Writer Vinson Cunningham at the 26th Annual New Yorker Festival, a weekend of talks, screenings, screenings and more. The festival, the magazine’s signature event, was held in New York City and brought together leading voices in literature, film, comedy, television, politics and medicine.

Saint Vincentstage name of Annie Clark, is a musician, producer and director, known internationally for her genre-defying music and innovative multimedia artistry. She has won six Grammy Awards, including three for Best Alternative Music Album, for “St. Vincent,” “Daddy’s Home” and her most recent release, “All Born Screaming.” Celebrated for her brilliant guitar work, vocal experimentation, sharp lyrical narratives, and ever-evolving visual style, St. Vincent has consistently received critical acclaim for pushing boundaries. The fusion of rock, electronic and pop elements in her music has earned her a place among the most influential artists of her generation.

Vinson Cunningham join The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2016. Since 2018, he has served as the magazine’s critic, writing about theatre, television and more. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2024 and 2025, and was awarded the George Jean Nathan Prize for Dramatic Criticism in 2021-2022. In 2020, he was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for his profile of comedian Tracy Morgan. He teaches at Yale School of Art and Columbia University School of Art, and is a co-host of the Critics at Large program. The New YorkerWeekly podcast about culture and arts. “His first novel”Great expectations“, released in 2024.