A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
Berenice Abbott: A “Fantastic Passion” for New York
The story of the remarkable Changing New York project in the context of Berenice Abbott’s career, by Bonnie Yochelson
Lunch Poems
“Imaginary one-to-one conversations with these ghosts, so to speak, allow me to invest in the possibility that within this divided nation, we might, one day, understand and respect each other.” Beautiful photographs…
Taigu Ryōkan: You Do Not Need Many Things
“Why are you acting like such a fool?” I nod my head and don’t answer. I could say something, but why? Do you want to know what’s in my heart? From the…
An Interview With Bukka White
Bukka White has long been one of my favorite musicians, and I’m so happy to share this interview with Chris Strachwitz, from the Arhoolie archives, in which he talks about his life,…
The Alchemy of Grief: Moon Horse and Sky
“Pigments from a rock collected under her horse’s hooves are woven together with ochre earth pigments from France, the same ochres used by Van Gogh in his paintings of sunlit fields.” An…
Ibn ‘Arabi and Sufism, a way of reading Islamic architecture
That origin can be represented in no other way than through geometry, which is the primordial measure by which all visible forms are composed. Abstraction is the most faithful and evocative way…
Mind Your Manners: I Am Cuba
“As a form of resistance to the unblinking long take, Maria smashes her eyelids tightly shut, inhabiting her own privacy for the first time that night.”
Mapgies Mixtape: American Eccentrics
A selection of music we find oddly perfect, to celebrate a different kind of freedom this Independence Day.
Letter From the Editor, August 2024: Legible Only to Him That Searcheth Hearts
“The characters of man’s heart are legible only to him that searcheth hearts.”
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