“In person, there was a beauty to the impossibility of fitting all of its warm earthy columns and ornate weathered teal domes into your frame of vision at once.”
Philadelpha Sketchbook: Personal Eucharist
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.
There are levels to this darkness: Two Poems
Two powerful poems by Gershwin Wanneburg. Difficult subjects, innovative forms.
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.”
April 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.
Impermanence is an Equanimous Wave: Magpies’ Mix Tape
Some philosophy, photography, and a Mix Tape from poet and photographer Michele Farinelli.
Ellis Island: Between Light and Shadow
These photographs were made in the detention center and hospital wards of Ellis Island.
The echoed silence one experiences while photographing in these empty spaces is an embodied one. These are transitional spaces, in between what was and what is yet to be, between light and shadow, hope, and regret.
Noir as Societal Mirror: Julien Duvivier’s PANIQUE
“And unfortunately, in our strange and uncertain times, maybe a brutal “it can happen here” wake-up call is what we need.”
March 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.
Speed of Life: Magpies Mix Tape
“Each moment is transient, gone as quickly as it appears, the journey playing out like an unedited film.”
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