Poet Simone White and theologian Ruby Sales discuss faith in institutions and faith as an institution

Published on the occasion of Adam Pendleton: Who Is Queen? at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the book series Who Is Queen? adapts conversations between pairs of notable writers, theorists, philosophers and musicians into contrapuntal texts intertwined with archival photographs and additional writings.

Ruby Sales (born 1948) is a social critic, educator, public theologian and the founder and director of the SpiritHouse Project. Her work appears in journals and books and is cited in films and documentaries.

Simone White (born 1972) is a poet and critic. Her most recent work is the book-length poem or, on being the other woman (2020). Also the author of Dear Angel of Death (2018), Of Being Dispersed (2016) and House Envy of All the World (2010), she is Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.