“Artist Cathy Brooks and I are on our way to Japan together, to walk into Hiroshige’s print.”
Walking With Hiroshige
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.
Letter from the editor May, 2025: The birds are alright
Springtime ramblings.
Color, Memory, Place: An Interview With Jonathan Hooper
“Colour is the way that I seek to convey the total experience of a place — an experience that is only partly visual, but physical, emotional and built from memory as well.”
There are levels to this darkness: Two Poems
Two powerful poems by Gershwin Wanneburg. Difficult subjects, innovative forms.
How Serbia’s Students Are Trying to Change Their Dysfunctional Country
“To see the dignity, strength and enthusiasm of the students, their refusal to be drawn into violence, and their commitment to spreading compassion and unity is remarkable.”
Dorothy Arzner and Jill Craigie’s Working Girls
Perhaps in another universe “Cynthia, Dorothy, and Jane are marching side-by-side somewhere, dressed chicly, placards raised, fighting for the freedom to do their work.”
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.
A Tale of Two Presidents
“The room was small, dim and a desiccated yellow colour but the handshake and welcome were warm and clearly genuine. The man who once held the most powerful job in the world was dressed in casual shades of black and grey.”
K-drama Comfort in Trying Times
“Art has a way of saving lives. Whether you’re creating it as a means to expel a difficulty or inhaling it as a way to survive one, it fills in those internal spaces that reason just can’t reach.”
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