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February Issue, 2023

By Magpies on February 1, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Letter From the Editor, February ’23: Kindling Spirits

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Flummery!

By Magpies on January 28, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Grey Paper Lockdown Drawings

By mlcotten13 on January 25, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Poesie del Silenzio/Poems of Silence: Michele Farinelli

By Magpies on January 23, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

Jacques Tati: Magpie Collector of Foibles

By Magpies on January 21, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Sweet Soul Cakes

By Magpies on October 22, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The cakes are called “souls” the singers are called “soulers,” and the practice is called “souling.” How beautiful is all of that?

Imaginary jobs: Augur

By Magpies on October 18, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Do you ever find yourself thinking, “No, I don’t want to be part of a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment”? You’re not alone!

Quick and Flupke (and why I love Tintin)

By Magpies on October 15, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

There’s a lovely lightness to the strips, a freedom, but as with all the best comic strips, (or all my favorite) underneath the lightness is a depth of honesty and humanity.

Gabriela Domville: Preserve Collection

By Magpies on October 10, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Gabriela Dombille’s thought-provoking Preserve Collection asks questions about our relationship to nature and about our often-deadly fascination with the mechanics of beauty and of life itself.

American mythologies: The end is nigh.

By Magpies on October 7, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

And when you’re in a constant state of near-panic, a never-ending ferment of knotty anxiety, the last thing you want to hear is that this is your last chance! YOUR LAST CHANCE for an exclusive special offer!

My Pop Life: Pleasant Valley Sunday – The Monkees

By Ralph Brown on October 5, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Monkees couldn’t put a foot wrong for this ten-year old boy, yet to worry about small parts and auditions … yet to discover that they weren’t in fact cool, because they were manufactured and didn’t write their own songs, yet to discover that despite all that they were still brilliant.

October Issue, 2022

By Magpies on October 1, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

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: In Defense of Meandering

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

Ideas are born in the hollow of unknowing.

Magpies Comic #2

By Magpies on September 30, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Wanna hear a joke?

Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village

By Magpies on September 29, 2022 • ( 7 Comments )

On one level, Bottle Village was, literally, a constructive approach to transforming discard and sorrow into something more.

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