Walking back to the hotel in Seville, Spain, along a wide path shaded by London planes following an afternoon at CAAC (Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporánio), I noted the strangeness of seeing so many benches along the way. Even in a slower, quieter part of town largely insulated from…
Lithium buried beneath the Salton Sea, the tragedy of hostile architecture, and the connections between colonialism and ecological collapse. The search for identity, fractured family systems, and the role spiritual and symbolic practices play…
You don’t have to read very far into Kill Dick to notice that this isn’t your average whodunnit thriller. The characters are complex in the way that real people are: genuinely kind but also sort…
We read a ton of great books this year and wanted to share some of our favorites, so we decided to be like everybody else and put together a 2025 “best of” list. Why invent the wheel? Our editors…
We’ve begun reviewing manuscripts and curating our 2026 print anthology …
People are reading more than ever—words, not books—text messages, social media captions, arguments in the comments. Most of us probably know this already, if only intuitively. But know it or…
Since moving to Portland, I have seen art organizations close, arts funding diminish, and a focus on equitable access to creative opportunities, recede in favor of individual fundraising efforts. Beyond Portland, I have seen beloved literary…
There’s nothing like looking at art your partner would love to soften the edges of a disagreement and diminish the importance of reaching a clear resolution—a resolution which, in my case, would include my husband telling me that I was right.
The Untitled Native Project by Brutis Baez, Amber Kay Ball, Trevino Brings Plenty, Leland Butler, Olivia Camfield, Robert Franklin, David Harrelson, Anthony Hudson, Woodrow Hunt, LaRonn Katchia, Steph Littlebird, Kanani…
Time-Based Art Festival by Portland Institute of Contemporary Art Saturday, September 5th [reflections provided by Ryan-Ashley Anderson Maloney] The Brutal Joy: A Lecture, lecture/performance by Justine A. Chambers [ Photo…
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