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.
October Issue, 2025
A Weird and Joyful World: An Interview With Calef Brown
“The humans, human-animals and animal-animals in my books are the deliverers of the spirit of my work, and its substance — character, humor, wordplay, story, color, and visual pleasure.” An interview with Calef Brown.
A Box of Slides
A poem from Mike Ladd reflecting on time, memory, love and ephemerality
Illustrating a classic –revisiting artworks on The Conference of the birds
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
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.
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