Tag: philosophy
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An Interview with Konstantin Kulakov by Aubrey King
Konstantin and I first met in Boulder, Colorado during our MFA program at the Jack Kerouac School. Our friendship, however, blossomed during the pandemic, after Konstantin had moved back east and I stayed mountainside. We would have hours-long phone calls about our lives and current events, but Konstantin isn’t much interested in small talk—he dives…
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365 Books in 365 Days – Episode 110 by Annie Walton Doyle
New Animal by Ella Baxter “‘I think you might be trying to get away from those things, because of your sadness, which is so uncomfortable that it’s almost unbearable—but I promise you, running away from that sadness is like trying to run from your own shadow.’” When New Animal was published, it was salaciously (and,…
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Liebestrasse: A Review by T.S. McNeil
There is a notion, particularly among reactionary conservatives, that LGBTQ folk, though that is not the term the likes of Gavin McInnes use, have only existed since the 1960s. A blinkered opinion based on ignorance and queer as a three-dollar bill that utterly ignores landmark works of queer culture like The Boys In The Band,…
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Drippy Sculptures – Dan Lam by Jason Collins
Dan Lam was born in a refugee camp in Morong, Philippines, as a result of her parents fleeing Vietnam back in 1986. Lam spent the first few months of her life there as her family was waiting to move to Houston, Texas by getting sponsorship from fellow family members. Lam grew up and spent several…
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Braving the Days – renunciation of blending, silver, copper, magnesium by Jordannah Elizabeth
The street here is narrow, modeled like the eastern marketplaces, “Chinatown in Philadelphia.” I felt as comfortable as possible; the rare walks I did take, while under the wire of a novel deadline. I could not adhere to the growing number of discontented beings who had some form of lament regarding my choices, and nature;…
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Meeting Across the Crevasse by Jo Nageswaran Kinnard
I have always been comforted by the space between my fellow human-beings and me, while appreciating what we share in the common ground of our humanity. The idea of losing my individuality in something amorphous is off-putting. However, for a lot of people, “different” is difficult, terrifying, or unacceptable. How do we understand and bridge…
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Drawing Blood by T.S. McNeil
Artists can occupy an odd place in culture, both venerated and dismissed, often in equal measure, as both those chronicling and commenting on a moment in time, as well as dreamers away with the fairies. In terms of the likes of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec it was both at the same time. An artist with no…
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365 Books in 365 Days – Episode 76 by Annie Walton Doyle
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth “He’s not like his mother because he has me, and I will save him. We’re special, Ralph and I. I can cure Ralph. Because it’s what I was born to do. Remember that, Abby, vanquishing this depression is your true calling as a wife.” The strange, almost twee setting of Ainslie…
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To See Something New In Your Own Backyard: A reading list for appreciating nature’s minutiae by Brennan Keifer
Because of the Climate Crisis, we often think about nature and the environment on a large, often global scale. The question then asked is what can we, as cities, states, and nations, do to protect the earth and offset global warming. There is utility in this way of thinking. In fact, the Climate Crisis has…
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A Zoological Fantasy-Maryann Held by Jason Collins
The Philadelphia-based artist Maryann Held focuses on zoology and botanist themes. The highly detailed animals and plant life follows the classic look of scientific papers but with a twist. The dark, surreal background with brightly colored central focus, the animals, in her artwork are naturalistic but with a mythical finish to them. The artist has…