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OLD SCHOOL

A poem by Mark Burgh

Mark Burgh

1 min read

A Wholeness that Can Change Us

On Thomas Hart Benton’s The Sources of Country Music

Jess Sweeney

5 min read

When Death Comes

A poem by Nadia Colburn

Nadia Colburn

1 min read

The Zipper

I still can’t figure out how zippers work, how roughly 800 teeth, 400 to a side, clasp together when a metal tongue passes over them one way, or how they unclasp when the metal tongue passes over them the other way.

Mary Slowik

4 min read

One shouldn't fit

A poem by DS Maolalai

DS Maolalai

1 min read

Presence

Presence: that-which-is-larger-than-the-self-into-which-the-self-might-enter. Is presence the “transcendent”? Is it “God” (or “god”)?

Elizabeth Robinson

10 min read

Mother and Child, and Mother and Child

Anavlochos, Crete

Susanna Lang

1 min read

Jack's Ashes

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot - Jack London, 1916

Julie Pesano

8 min read

Eternity: How to Make It Work for You

A poem by Maryanne Hannan

Maryanne Hannan

1 min read

Latch Key Kid

In Las Vegas, the streetlights glowed neon and I learned about the Latchkey Kids

Isabella J. Mansfield

5 min read

Deciduous

A poem by Carol Casey

Carol Casey

1 min read

The Necklace

A poem by Tiffany Renee Harmon

Tiffany Renee Harmon

1 min read

Religiosity in Metropolia: An Interview with Paul Luikart

Braden Dyk Eric Van Gorden

11 min read

Wooden Heart

A poem by By Barbara Daniels

Barbara Daniels

1 min read

Stone Face: A Review of Dana Stevens’ Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century

Paul Buchanan

4 min read

Scratched Sphere

A poem by Zackary Sholem Berger

Zackary Sholem Berger

1 min read

The Summer When My Dog Died

Lucia Senesi

22 min read

She always said lilacs were her favorite

A poem by Lisa Cooper

Lisa Cooper

1 min read

Platforms, Public Art, and a New Imagination for Social Media

At first, I thought, “We all need to act better online,” but over time I noticed a deeper problem: the tools themselves are far from objective, and the words we used to describe them–”social” and “media”—aren’t always helpful.

Michael Wright

6 min read

These Are Your Stones: A Roman Christmas Holiday

Each step, unknowingly walking us to the end.

Karin Hedetniemi

11 min read

Remembering the Unicorn

(On Studying the Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters, New York City)

Shelley Saposnik

1 min read

A Luminous Invitation

On the transformational art of Barbara Earl Thomas

Shemaiah Gonzalez

5 min read

Reflections of an Ex-English Major

I wanted to love Hemingway, but I never read him

Judy Lee

6 min read

Sunglasses Sales Pitch

A poem by Thu Anh Nguyen

Thu Anh Nguyen

1 min read

The Rewarding All Is Lost

for the first time, he acknowledges something bigger, more powerful, and—no other meaning can be taken from that glance he directs to the sky—ever-present

Miguel Abrantes

8 min read

Armarium

A poem by Tianna Haas

Tianna Haas

1 min read

Lonely, But Not Alone

Finding Myself in Kristen Radtke’s Seek You

Aarik Danielsen

10 min read

The logging camp

A poem by DS Maolalai

DS Maolalai

1 min read

Fire Season: An Interview with Lyd Havens

I try every day to be a haven.

Paige Welsh

13 min read

InSight

A poem by Thomas Mixon

Thomas Mixon

1 min read

In Defense of NaNoWriMo

Is NaNoWriMo still a thing? It sure is!

J.G.C. Wise

8 min read

An enchanted moment from bee-like autumn

A poem by Paweł Markiewicz

Pawel Markiewicz

1 min read

Indian Summer Snapshot

Carolyn Schultz-Rathbun

5 min read

Today Like Yesterday

A poem by Nadia Colburn

Nadia Colburn

1 min read

Ni De Aquí, Ni De Allá

My first semester teaching, I had a student who made me feel like I was looking at a mirror.

Santa-Victoria Pérez

5 min read

Sea Grass Supplication

A poem by Katherine Quevedo

Katherine Quevedo

1 min read

Some of Our Favorite Books by Latinx Authors

In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month

Curator Staff

4 min read

Riddled with Disease

I will miss the show’s depiction of genuine, quiet human suffering and grief.

ER Harris

9 min read

Loam

A poem by Tianna Haas

Tianna Haas

1 min read

The Grandmother of Performance Art: Marina Abramović is her own medium

What happens when your medium of choice ages? What happens to performance art after its performer has passed?

Liz Charlotte Grant

12 min read

November 2020

A poem by Tammy Ho

Tammy Ho

1 min read

In the Wake of Time

I bent to dig in the dirt at the foot of the cave. I was trying to solve a mystery.

Lisa Elmers

8 min read

No Videography Allowed

A poem by Daisey Bassen

Daisy Bassen

1 min read

To Feel Something That Was Not Of Our World: Nina Katchadourian’s obsession with a family’s survival story

“There is particular resonance to the subject of a shipwreck at the end of 2020, [with] so many ... unsure of what rescue and survival will require.”

Nan Cohen

13 min read

Share A Horizon

A poem by Aaron Belz

Aaron Belz

1 min read

Hamburgers Taste Better Below the Mason-Dixon Line

The problem with belonging to many places is that you can only inhabit one at a time.

Rebekah Flovin

8 min read

2020 Stay-at-Home Voice Notes

A poem by Dannielle Carr

Dannielle Carr

1 min read

What Fear Can Do

A poem by Ahrend Torrey

Ahrend Torrey

1 min read

What to Read When You Just Can't Read

Five illustrated books adults can turn to for mental health relief

Olga Alexandru

5 min read

Veritas

A poem by Kate Bucca

Kate Bucca

1 min read

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