Art historian Soma Ghosh examines the many versions of illustrations for ‘The Conference of the birds’ or the ‘Mantiq al tair’ by Attar of Nishapur
Illustrating a classic –revisiting artworks on The Conference of the birds
The Tenth Muse: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
“Known as the “Tenth Muse” or as ‘The Phoenix of America’ due to her formidable achievements in literature and scholarship, she is now revered as an early feminist.”
Walking With Hiroshige
“Artist Cathy Brooks and I are on our way to Japan together, to walk into Hiroshige’s print.”
May 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.
There are levels to this darkness: Two Poems
Two powerful poems by Gershwin Wanneburg. Difficult subjects, innovative forms.
H.D.: Following Intricate Song’s Lost Measure
The extraordinary life and work of Hilda Doolittle, who wrote under the pen name H.D. mirrors the turbulent events of the 20th century.
Rye Tippett: Poems and Paintings
Some poems and paintings from Rye Tippett.
April 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.
Eternal life
A poem by Gershwin Wanneburg.
The Writing is on The Wall
Brassaï declares that the “bastard art of the streets of ill repute that does not even arouse our curiosity, so ephemeral that it is easily obliterated by bad weather or a coat of paint, nevertheless offers a criterion of worth. Its authority is absolute, overturning all the laboriously established canons of aesthetics”
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