“A Cardboard Woman”: No Such Thing As Closure by Nanette Rayman-Rivera
I wanted to write a poem about how I feel about my husband gone missing. It helped me while I was writing, just as it helped me when I went…
On Writing and Painting
by Sharon Denmark
Measure Twice, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x12. New Again, Acrylic on Canvas, 20x24. Part of the Whole, Acrylic on Canvas, 36x24. Pull It Together, Acrylic, 22x28. Sorrow, Acrylic on Canvas,…
The Uncertainty of What’s Real in the World
with Jill Stukenberg
This is a wild, inventive story that takes place in a world that feels both familiar and speculative—we’re familiar with reality TV and the pandemic, but this piece manages to…
A Trip to the Well:
Art and Reflection from Bill Feuer
Self-portrait, pastel pencils, 2022. Audre Lorde, oil on canvas, 2006. Jean Cocteau, mixed media on paper, 2022 Cat Study, acrylic on canvas, 1993. The Birth of Comedy, acrylic on canvas,…
Getting Entangled in the World of Mushrooms
by Brice Maiurro
A few years ago, I fell, no pun intended, deeply in love with mushrooms and mycelium. Recent media such as the glorious film Fantastic Fungi and the deep-dive of a…
Discovering What the Subconscious Has in Store
with Mark L. Anderson
What inspired you to write "Great Existential Dread"?I discovered this story breadcrumb by breadcrumb. I didn't plan out much of the meaning before diving into it. What I did have…
Wandering the Edge of the World with Gaia Thomas
with Gaia Thomas Wandering the Edge of the World with Gaia Thomas The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history… …
Rewriting the Origins with Joy Lanzendorfer
Most of us are probably familiar with the English nursery rhyme: “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.” What is "Jack and the Candlestick's" relationship to…
Three Elements with Michael Kellichner
"Dust Triptych" has such intense imagery, and its title evokes a powerful visual quality. Can you speak more to how this piece operates as a triptych with its three parts…
What’s Imperative, and What’s Possible with John Van Wagner
"Smoke and Mirrors" has such interiority to it. How did you create your central character, and what informed the choice to stay so close to his inner thoughts? This piece…