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.
Why Human Painting still Matters in the Age of AI
“A human painting is produced inside a life. The painter gets tired. Attention shifts. A hand hesitates. A decision made in the morning may be reconsidered at night. A mark can be…
Fiction: Every Dream Come True
“And though it’s always sweet sorrow to part, you know you’ll always remain in my heart, Good night, sleep tight and pleasant dreams to you, Here’s a wish and a prayer that…
Gendered Contempt and the History of Language
“In the end, gendered insult reveals that language is one of the most durable carriers of inequality. It stores contempt in ordinary forms. It turns hierarchy into shorthand. It allows long histories…
Thirty Minutes After Thunder: a Poem
“Maybe that is what a life is: learning which deadlines are real, which are merely printed, which walls deserve a name, which storms are not asking to be overcome.”
Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge
“Mastering the full range of subjects taught in medieval universities normally required many years of hard and expensive study. From the thirteenth century on, however, an anonymous work known as the Ars…
Being or Living
In a world that constantly pushes us toward speed, replacement, adaptation, and whatever comes next, perhaps the most meaningful form of resistance is not to stop time. It is to commit enough time…
The fire tells a cloud story: Letter from the editor, October, 2026
Trying the strength of the thin yet oddly strong threads that connect my thoughts like spider webs.
Magpies Mix Tape: Working on Something Good
This playlist celebrates the joys, sorrows, doubts, and soul-nurturing importance of the labor of creation.
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