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Carol Es, Quarters, 2015, oil paint, paper, and fabric on birch panel, 24 in. x 24 in.

Rock and Refuge: Mixed Media

December 3, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Carol Es
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Caché Owens, Spring Fete, 2019, Collage, Acrylic, Oil Pastel on Canvas, 11 in. x 17 in.

Caché Owens: Mixed Media

December 3, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Caché Owens
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Zamani, Steps to Understanding, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 140 cm x 140 cm

Still Lifelike: Oil Painting

December 2, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Sourena Zamani
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Tandem: Digital Photography

November 30, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Emerald Arguelles
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Devan Horton, Dissolve Me, 2019, Oil on Canvas, 30” x 40”

Penchant: Oil Painting

November 21, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Devan Horton
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Aleksandra Suvorova, Skull, 2019, Oil on Canvas, 160 x 100 cm

Forbidden Garden: Oil Painting

November 18, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Aleksandra Suvorova
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Mutations: Mixed Media

November 18, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Huaiyi Tsai
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Famous Umobuarie, 1975 II, 2019, Graphite and Charcoal, 29 inches x 25 inches

The Beauty in Us: Graphite and Charcoal

November 18, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Famous Umobuarie
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Bergamini, Ouro Preto, 2007, Digital photography, 567 in. x850 in.

Daydreams: Digital Photography

November 18, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Guilherme Bergamini

Daydreams is a visual diary made by my wanderings in several Brazilian cities. Without commitment to a predetermined theme, this work is a cut from what I produced from 2005 to 2018 in my simple and routine walks with a camera looking for a photograph […]

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Roger Allan Cleaves, Tiger Lions, 2017, Oil on Canvas, 48” x 60”

The Forget Me Nots: Oil Painting

November 18, 2019/in Art, Art, Winter-Spring 2020 / Roger Allan Cleaves

I borrow, mix, and assemble motifs from history and contemporary times. The results are abstract figurative creatures whose various elements provide a deeper meaning into the psyche of the […]

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Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published the second Friday of every month.

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Being A Girl is Hard

November 28, 2025/in Blog / Shawn Elliott
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Diagnosis: Persisted or Silent Inheritance

November 7, 2025/in Blog / Paula Williamson
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The Queer Ultimatum Made Me Give My Own Ultimatum

September 26, 2025/in Blog / Lex Garcia
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Take a bite out of these late night obsessions.

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The Lilac and The Housefly: A Tale of Tortured Romanticism

October 24, 2025/in Midnight Snack / Nikki Mae Howard
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Dig Into Genre

May 23, 2025/in Midnight Snack / Lauren Howard
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The dreams in which I’m (not) dying

April 25, 2025/in Midnight Snack / paparouna
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Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every third Friday to whet your appetite!

Today’s plate:

Till Death

May 15, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Translation / Lorea Canales, translated by Lia Galván
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Making Friends

May 8, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Flash Prose / Robert L. Penick
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Two Poems

May 1, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Poetry / Jessie Raymundo
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School Lunch

An occasional Wednesday series dishing up today’s best youth writers.

Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk
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A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail
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Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran
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Word From the Editor

Readers,

On December 23rd, 2024, I lost a dear friend of mine, Valerie Goldstein. She was a fellow teacher and writer, and she spent her young adult life being a voice for change. Valerie had organized protests, and her dream was to get into educational policy. When I heard the news of her death, I was grief-stricken. She was so full of life and happiness, and I thought that the world had lost another good one.

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