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2023
9.26.23
“what kind of girl am i?”
Lynell George
9.12.23
A detail shot from Moyra Davey's art work Subway Writers I
Writing on the Subway with Moyra Davey
Dodie Bellamy
9.12.23
Connie Zheng's digital collage, titled A map of many small doors
A Map of Many Small Doors
Connie Zheng
5.30.23
Fuchsia super bloom flowers.
Bloom Loop
Claudia La Rocco
5.16.23
To See Language as Lace
Madeline Rose
5.2.23
Close Ups
Shiv Kotecha
4.18.23
Two glass jars to the left, in front of white paper that reads "Petal / wind a petal."
The Poetry I Felt Was Walking: Brett Goodroad and Laura Moriarty in Conversation
Brett Goodroad
Laura Moriarty
4.4.23
Blue notebook with yellow pen on table. To the right is a smaller red notebook.
When It Was Leningrad
Kit Robinson
3.20.23
Cordova and La Macacoa in blacklight.
Entretiempo
La Macacoa
Roco Córdova
3.7.23
Backlit oleander and cup.
Oleander Oyster Organza
Patty Chang
2.21.23
Sara Shelton Mann
Upping the Frequency: Sara Shelton Mann in Conversation with Keith Hennessy
Sara Shelton Mann
Keith Hennessy
2.7.23
Image of a group of people in front of paintings at a gallery.
Lost and Found
Theadora Walsh
2022
12.20.22
Curt McDowell, Wieners and Buns Musical (1972), 16mm film. Courtesy of the Estate of Curt McDowell and Canyon Cinema Foundation.
To Love What Persists
Ted Rees
12.6.22
Overtarci firehydrant.
In a Room Occupied by One or More Cats
Anne Walsh
12.5.22
Alice Rahon in Paris, c. 1934-35. Photographer unknown. Photo courtesy Gallery Wendi Norris.
Only Correspond
Tausif Noor
11.22.22
Molto Caldo
APOCALYPSE 4800
Layla Forrest-White
Claire Grossman
11.8.22
Faye Carol sextet.
This Is My Culture: Miss Faye Carol in Conversation with Valerie Troutt
Faye Carol
Valerie Troutt
10.11.22
A black-and-white portrait photograph of the author Franz Kafka in suit jacket, shirt and tie leans against a window. Behind it is a blurry street view including a sidewalk, building, deciduous trees and, in the immediate foreground, a ridged metal roof.
Domain Name
Jason Morris
10.9.22
The sun as a molten orange disc of light spilling along the horizon, with blue-white cloud cover above and below.
Welcome —
Marvin K. White
10.8.22
Mixed group of people sitting on the floor against white wall with paintings hung on it. Group is looking at a reader on a screen.
Make Yourself Comfortable
Claudia La Rocco
10.6.22
Text reads: Traffic Report, poems, conversations, artwork, translations, reviews, and more.
Eternal Present
Claudia La Rocco

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