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A Spring Collection

A Spring Collection

RC deWinter March 20, 2021 0

The Making of a Martyr: George Floyd & the Cycle of History

The Making of a Martyr: George Floyd & the Cycle of History

Reclaiming Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Reclaiming Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Something Remains

Something Remains

November Seventeenth

November Seventeenth

Art
A Spring Collection

A Spring Collection

RC deWinter March 20, 2021 0

A collection of artwork with Spring in mind.

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3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy

3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy

Jeremy Szuder December 21, 2020 0

The illustrations are done with ink on paper and all measuring @ 5″X7″.

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Elvis Has Left the Building

Elvis Has Left the Building

Lorette C. Luzajic March 20, 2020 0

This artwork uses layers of collage and mixed media to portray memory, drawing on city life, poetry, art history, and other urban influences.

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Diversity Dance

Diversity Dance

Jenn Ashton December 20, 2019 0

Celebrating the differences. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas.

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Birdhouse in the Birches

Birdhouse in the Birches

Cheryl Bezuidenhout September 20, 2019 0

A quiet scene from the Reiffel Bird Sanctuary on the Fraser River Estuary, near Vancouver, B.C.

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In cemento veritas

In cemento veritas

Mario Loprete June 20, 2019 0

Paintings and sculptures.

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Garcia Lorca

Garcia Lorca

James Eret March 20, 2019 0

Drawing of Garcia Lorca.

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Ribbon

Ribbon

Shelley Sarna December 20, 2018 0

White paper clay sculptures, various designs.

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A vein of gold in Paris

A vein of gold in Paris

Zack Miller September 21, 2018 0

Using a tilt-shift lens and post-processing for the colors, I created this photo of a Paris street that looks like a vein of gold.

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Clay Sculptures

Clay Sculptures

Shelley Sarna June 21, 2018 0

Assorted paper white clay sculptures.

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Floral Ecstacy

Floral Ecstacy

Kate Salvi March 21, 2018 0

After the long, cold, dark winters I find the spring so invigorating. I finally started photographing budding flowers and green city views again.

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Hitler Clone (60)

Hitler Clone (60)

Daniel Ableev September 21, 2017 0

There are 88 Hitler clones in total, every clone being the source material for the subsequent one.

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Dock of the Bay

Dock of the Bay

Kate Salvi June 21, 2017 0

Stunning boat and dock photography.

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Articles
The Making of a Martyr: George Floyd & the Cycle of History

The Making of a Martyr: George Floyd & the Cycle of History

Ashish Dwivedi March 20, 2021 0

Locations and contexts of sub-human brutalities.

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Reclaiming Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Reclaiming Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Phyllis Zimbler Miller March 20, 2021 0

The adaptation and reclaiming of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

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Something Remains

Something Remains

Rosa Arlotto March 20, 2021 0

When inspiration is gone something remains, writing.

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A Bad Man’s Good Book: An Appreciation

A Bad Man’s Good Book: An Appreciation

Rex Bowman December 21, 2020 0

An appreciation of Russian writer Aleksandr Chakovsky, who, despite being a loathsome Stalinist toady, wrote at least one really good book.

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Procrastination

Procrastination

Heidi Schmidt September 20, 2020 2

A short personal essay on vulnerability and the writing process.

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Difficulty Swallowing by Kym Cunningham; Essays That Will Stick in Your Teeth

Difficulty Swallowing by Kym Cunningham; Essays That Will Stick in Your Teeth

Couri Johnson September 20, 2020 0

A review of Kym Cunningham’s debut collection of personal essays; Difficulty Swallowing.

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Modern Day Phantoms found in Women’s Literature

Modern Day Phantoms found in Women’s Literature

Jessica Brunelle September 20, 2020 0

Women writers in the 19th and 20th Centuries were far ahead of their time.

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On Inspiration

On Inspiration

Dan Rice June 21, 2020 1

Is inspiration ephemeral or damn hard work? One writer provides his thoughts on this perennial subject.

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Jewel: A Memoir

Jewel: A Memoir

Eugene Davis June 21, 2020 0

Review of author Jewel Davis’s memoir – a window into the Baby Boomer Generation.

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The Human-Actor, Moments to Anagnorisis

The Human-Actor, Moments to Anagnorisis

Ashish Dwivedi June 21, 2020 0

Shakespeare had once composed, and asked Jacques to tell the literary world of a ball that was, to him, a stage.

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Review of Flowers, all sorts in blossom, figs, berries, and fruits forgotten

Review of Flowers, all sorts in blossom, figs, berries, and fruits forgotten

Ryan Brinkhurst June 21, 2020 0

A review of Review of Flowers, all sorts in blossom, figs, berries, and fruits forgotten, a book of poetry by Oisin Breen.

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Unleavened Flatbread

Unleavened Flatbread

Hibah Shabkhez March 20, 2020 1

The best writing advice I have ever received.

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Melville’s Bartleby and Camus’ Absurdism

Melville’s Bartleby and Camus’ Absurdism

Ada Wofford March 20, 2020 0

A close reading of both Bartleby and The Stranger highlights the striking similarities in imagery, symbolism, and theme between the two works.

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Short Stories
November Seventeenth

November Seventeenth

Donald McMann March 20, 2021 0

A special day in the life of a working couple whose relationship is fraying under the stress caused by one partner’s success.

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Complicity

Complicity

Mike Lee March 20, 2021 0

Unfortunately, sometimes self-awareness arrives long after the opportunity to make a difference.

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I can see a tree from the forest

I can see a tree from the forest

Jonathan Ferrini March 20, 2021 0

Sleeping hearts are woken by a dancing flash of light, deep within the forest canopy, under the Big Sky.

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One Misty Night in Brooklyn

One Misty Night in Brooklyn

Don Louis Robishaw March 20, 2021 0

Standing in a moonlit alley a glint of light on broken glass on wet black tar.

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Charlotte’s Law

Charlotte’s Law

Linda Boroff December 21, 2020 0

A legal secretary gets a peek at the reality behind her lush fantasy life.

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600°

600°

Joshua Lampston December 21, 2020 0

We’ve heard about witches, books, and historical monuments being burned to ash, but what happens when it becomes writers instead?

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I Wanted To Tell You

I Wanted To Tell You

Emma Murray December 20, 2020 0

A rock concert becomes a fiery inferno, forever changing the lives of two best friends.

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I’ll be late for the Christmas party!

I’ll be late for the Christmas party!

Jonathan Ferrini December 20, 2020 0

An unconventional Christmas story.

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Rape Culture

Rape Culture

Kayt Ludi September 20, 2020 0

Somewhere in a post-patriarchal future where the onus is placed on men to be sure they have consent.

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My Coffee Date with Death

My Coffee Date with Death

Jonathan Ferrini September 20, 2020 0

A chance meeting with a mysterious stranger provides a pathway to salvation for a desperate man who has lost his way during a pandemic.

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Roses and Thorns

Roses and Thorns

Jennie Noonkester September 20, 2020 0

A myth about the creation of the rose and the struggle to make sense of why pain exists.

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May Day Mayday!

May Day Mayday!

Don Louis Robishaw September 20, 2020 2

A story of one young American boy and his infatuation with his older Canadian friend, and their efforts to unionize the plant where they worked.

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Glory Be

Glory Be

Timothy Dempsey June 21, 2020 5

A small town is on edge due to a string of brutal murders. The town’s most senior detective, Detective Lohelm is on the case.

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Pandemic Football

Pandemic Football

Jeremiah Durick March 20, 2021 0

It’s what happens to a sport when a pandemic interferes.

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Inside The Fabric

Inside The Fabric

Lisa Arnold March 20, 2021 0

Discovery of inner strength is powerful. It can lead to rebirth of self and success.

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I long to be there

I long to be there

Srinidhi Jitesh March 20, 2021 0

Going back to grandmother’s home, a getaway from busy city life.

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Country-Club Divas

Country-Club Divas

Lowell Jaeger March 20, 2021 0

Aiming for a “reality quotient” of 100 percent.

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When I Was New

When I Was New

Joan McNerney March 20, 2021 0

Spring is the season of hope and we need to believe our lives will improve.

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Cultural

Cultural

Alex Andy Phuong March 20, 2021 0

This poem is about diversity within modernity.

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A Rare Day

A Rare Day

Scott Stephens March 20, 2021 0

Unlocking the mind in Spring after a long Winter

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The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel

Ashutosh Menon December 20, 2020 0

Frigid & stiff the valorous mortal lay
Dead are those days when we were gay

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My Father Leaves For Alaska

My Father Leaves For Alaska

John Grey December 20, 2020 0

The chill of the sudden parental departure.

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An Unstable Moment

An Unstable Moment

Scott Stephens December 20, 2020 0

A moment of finding out a hard truth.

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Upside Down

Upside Down

Kika Dorsey December 20, 2020 0

The goal is to blur and cross boundaries between the historic and contemporary, dream and conscious thought, ego and other.

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Very Used Mind

Very Used Mind

Mary Mills December 20, 2020 0

We bought his mind at a garage sale.
It can jump from one thing to the

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Reset

Reset

Arlyn LaBelle December 20, 2020 0

Inspired by Imagism while pausing on small moments and still spaces.

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