Beautiful essay and paintings from Robert Beck.
Luna
December 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, December 2025. Alleyway thoughts.
December alleyway ramblings.
Magpies’ Mix Tape: Thanks to the birds for singing
Heartfelt nonsense.
Miep Gies: What Any Decent Person Would Have Done
“I am not a hero. I am not a special person, because no one should ever think you have to be special to help others. I did what any decent person would have done.”
The Curious Life of James Castle
Working with soot, spit, and found objects, James Castle produced beautiful art.
Worried Animals at the Met
A trip through the Met with Lauren Barnett
In the Weeds
They’re not meant to last very long, these votives, these penny candles.
The Brown Bag of Miscellany’: Zora Neale Hurston and the Practice of Overexposure
A beautiful and thought-provoking essay on the films of Zora Neale Hurston, by Autumn Womack.
Candy, God, and Periods: 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.
