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.
November Issue, 2025
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Letter From the Editor November, 2025: J’y tiens
November ramblings.
Magpies Mix Tape: Let Your Light Shine Bright
“Do good, let your light shine bright, let your light shine right, respect your fellow man as you should.” A MixTape on letting your light shine bright and your song be strong and loud.
Stalin’s Toilet
“That brief meeting aroused my curiosity to such an extent that now, a year later, I find myself staring into the porcelain bowl of Stalin’s toilet.” – John Wreford
The Man and The Crowd (1928) Photography, Film, and Fate
Gideon Leek rewatches King Vidor’s classic, in which a young man with big dreams moves to New York City and becomes an identical cog who learns to love the machine of modernity.
Pat Perry: Mentor Wanted
“The flyer project is about confusion and uncertainty. I thought it might resonate with others as something open and vulnerable that doesn’t really prescribe any beliefs or answers.”
My Heart is in the Making of the Work: An Interview with Neal Rantoul
“My heart is in the making of the work, in every frame shot, in every failed and successful image made over now a long career.” An Interview With Neal Rantoul
The Strangely Familiar Art of Celia Reisman
I want my paintings to be worlds unto themselves, where you feel you are experiencing something for the first time even though it is familiar.” – Celia Reisman
Stella Bowen Self Portrait, an Ekphrastic Poem
Mike Ladd’s ekphrastic poem in response to Bowen’s courageous self-portrait.
October 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.
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