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No Music On

By Magpies on August 26, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Mā-hua-tsìng & The Strait

By Magpies on August 23, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Heptagon Project

By Magpies on August 19, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The West 79th St. Laundromat

By Magpies on August 15, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Judith Scott: Uncovering innate talent

By Magpies on August 12, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

“The Child in Me”: How Tomi Ungerer’s Childhood Informed His Books

By Magpies on August 8, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Night Drawings: James Feehan

By Magpies on December 4, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Choreographed, the figures evolve from the efforts they make to define the precipice of engagement. The rhythms of awareness can lead to celebration or exploration.

December Issue, 2022

By Magpies on December 1, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A collection of all the articles we’ve published this month for people who like to savor their magpies’ tidings as an issue.

Letter From the Editor: November Hopeful

By Magpies on December 1, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

Letter from the editor, November.

Flash Fiction: You Can’t Tell

By Magpies on November 30, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

“I found him on a cold day in a slow spring.” New flash fiction from Dez Walker

A Trio of Kitchen Sink Films

By Magpies on November 28, 2022 • ( 4 Comments )

Know your place: Some thoughts on three beautiful “kitchen sink” films.

Oh, Gratitude. A Litany

By Magpies on November 24, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A thanks-giving.

Juan Luis Payá Guitart: A Fragile Feeling of Life

By Magpies on November 21, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Aren’t we surrounded by noise, loud music, excessive parties and gatherings, all so as not to listen to the silence, the inner silence of our loneliness?

On Having Enough, and a Recipe for Eggplant Wellington

By Magpies on November 18, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Enough is just what we need, and all that we can ask. Enough money to live, enough food to eat, enough strength to carry on from day to day, and enough humor to enjoy it all. If nobody had too much, then everybody would have enough.

Draw Your Breakfast

By mlcotten13 on November 15, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Suggestions to enhance your daily drawing experience–keep your notebook ready and your pen filled!

Robert Beck: Tip-Top Shoes

By Magpies on November 12, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

You can tell that things happen in this place because it feels like you’ve been there, and that’s the bones of an engaging narrative.  I call it a heartbeat.

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