Yūrei, in their varied forms, are potent symbols of the simple and enduring universal human need for right over wrong.
The Ghosts of Japanese Folklore
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Corridos: (Mostly) True Stories in Verse With Music
Although mass media and scholars regularly document, analyze, and interpret important events, such documentations and interpretations are seldom from the perspective of the common folk, el pueblo.
The Advocacies of Edirin John Duvwiama’s Photography
“Photography is enough in itself for existing, and so are the many advocacies of Bliss’ photography.”
February Issue, 2025
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.
Letter From the Editor, February, 2025: Look to Like
February ramblings.
Johann Gottfried Herder: Faith as silent spirituality
“The lovely words ′human kindness′ have become so trivial […] and yet this should be the goal of our striving.”
Rossellini’s War Trilogy
Rossellni never looks away. He never flinches. But he never misses an opportunity to celebrate what’s good in humanity either.
An Interview With Don Julien: When the world is quiet
We were grateful for the opportunity to ask Don Julien a few questions about his photography.
When Photography Asks Questions of Destiny and Known or Unknown Outcomes
Photographer Ololade Koleosho believes that the lives of single mothers dwells somewhere on the “delicate balance between struggle and celebration.”
How Free is Free: Ben Shahn, the Statue of Liberty, and the History of American Art
Historians of American art are engaged in a search for ways in which to speak meaningfully and broadly about contested traditions and about both the promises and limits of the country’s national iconography and history, to a nation fragmented along racial, ethnic, class, and religious lines.
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