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The Art and Identity of April Werle by Asa Thomas Metcalfe InterviewsApril Werle is a Filipino-American muralist exploring identity through bursts of color, simple geometry, and Michelangelesque hand gestures.
Lady Gaga’s Chromatica is the “Pocket-Friendly” Meow Wolf of Pop by Chloé Valentine Toscano Pop ArtLady Gaga's Chromatica mixes the concepts of installation art and pop music to create a portable world-building experience.
The Resurrection of the Artist: An Interview with Vittorio Pelosi by Ryan Simón InterviewsVittorio Pelosi the founder of Intentism, a new art movement that rejects the postmodern death of the artist.
Is Chaos Feminine? by Alexander Blum EssaysIs chaos feminine? Is order masculine? The human spirit is too complex to be wholly feminine or masculine, chaotic or controlled.
Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft"Dagon" by H.P. Lovecraft, originally published in the November 1919 issue of The Vagrant, Issue #11. Read
The Frogs Who Desired a King by Ryan SimónA modern retelling of Aesop's classic fable, in which some very thoughtful frogs solve the problem of problemlessness.
Eveline by James Joyce"Eveline" by James Joyce, originally published in the short story collection Dubliners in 1914.
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeOriginally published in 1843, "The Black Cat" remains one of Edgar Allan Poe's most psychologically disturbed and narratively ambiguous short stories.
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street by Herman Melville"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" by Herman Melville, a short story originally serialized in two 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine.
‘Because I could not stop for Death’ by Emily Dickinson | Analysis Close reading analysis of "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson, read by Kim Kozlewski.
James Joyce’s Love Letters to Nora “F*ckbird” Barnacle In 1909, famed Irish novelist James Joyce sent letters to his future wife Nora Barnacle, writing perhaps the most perverse, yet oddly poetic love letters