An interview with remarkable photographer Faraz Ravi.
Faraz Ravi: Mystery Beyond the Surface
The Cicada’s Cry: Matsuo Basho’s Summer Poems
Arthur Davis shares his reflections on some of Matsuo Basho’s summer poems.
Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In
“I deciphered the occasional splash of graffiti: alongside youthful declarations of love and football were vague revolutionary slogans: “Freedom is a Right”, “Liberty”, and “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”
Blue Journey: Ellen Wallenstein
“Ellen Wallenstein found solace and strength in her art, continuing to create cyanotypes—ethereal blue shadow-grams on cloth—each sunny day,”
Nursery Rhyme DETOURS
Some works from Calef Brown’s suite of poems in which the first words or lines are from traditional nursery rhymes, then they go off in different directions. Beautifully illustrated by Leo Espinosa.
August Issue, 2024
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, August 2024: Legible Only to Him That Searcheth Hearts
“The characters of man’s heart are legible only to him that searcheth hearts.”
Lunch Poems
“Imaginary one-to-one conversations with these ghosts, so to speak, allow me to invest in the possibility that within this divided nation, we might, one day, understand and respect each other.” Beautiful photographs from Leah Frances
Berenice Abbott: A “Fantastic Passion” for New York
The story of the remarkable Changing New York project in the context of Berenice Abbott’s career, by Bonnie Yochelson
Mind Your Manners: I Am Cuba
“As a form of resistance to the unblinking long take, Maria smashes her eyelids tightly shut, inhabiting her own privacy for the first time that night.”
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