“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
My Heart is in the Making of the Work: 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.
Letter From the Editor, October, 2025: Build, Therefore, Your Own World
October ramblings.
Spotted Lanternfly: Glitter Beneath the Rot
In the late 1980s, a local study claimed that, “in Baltimore, there is rot beneath the glitter.” Through her comics, Amy aims to show that there is also glitter beneath the rot.
Sara Gómez: Her Contribution
“We are alone facing our historical consciousness — that makes us fully responsible, and so the reason for alienation has disappeared. Our work is creative, we live to create — to create something that will exist beyond time, beyond any possible existential anguish, like art. Is that clear?” Thoughts on the work of Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez.
Big Bill Broonzy
The story of the remarkable Big Bill Broonzy’s life, music, and influence.
Avian
Photographer Keith Goldstein shares beautiful photographs and thoughts on lessons learned from pigeons and sparrows.
The Complexity and the Simplicity of Things: Neal Rantoul on Fred Sommer
Neal Rantoul writes with rare warmth and reverence about a transformative visit to photographer Fred Sommer.
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