Nam Hoang Tran is a writer and visual artist based in Orlando, FL. Recent work appears or is forthcoming in Posit, Tilted House, Word For/Word, BlazeVOX, New Delta Review, Diode, and elsewhere. More at www.namhtran.com
Old New York | Chava Dimaio
The ‘new’ New York, even as new as it was, is already a memory of the past. Things are always changing. New York has not. This serves as an homage to the one thing that has stayed stable my entire life. When I grow up, I want to be just like you: Thanks New York.
Mormorial | Peter O’Brien
Joyce said, “My head is full of pebbles and rubbish and broken matches and bits of glass picked up ’most everywhere,” which leads me to integrate wit, wisdom, and wreckage where I find them.
Police State | Drew Richardson
I have always used art to express my personal struggles as a young, gay, neuro-atypical black artist, and to understand myself as an individual who is continuously being molded by my environment. Growing up as a black person in an environment with a high crime rate, being constantly reminded of […]
Captive Studies | Max King Cap
“Each painting is a crude diary of marking time, of hoping and losing hope, of standing still while the world carries on; punctuated by violence, bureaucratic indifference, and thwarted desire.”
New Site Illustrations by Jean Miaochun Zhang
Jean Miaochun Zhang, who illustrated our 34th issue (out now), has provided new work to be featured alongside our online content! Find a few of her illustrations below, and the rest throughout the site! Jean Miaochun Zhang is an illustrator, writer and graphic designer from Beijing, China, who is currently living in […]
The World Is Cancelled | Shaina Yang
“The World Is Cancelled” 2016, 4ft x 3ft, oil, acrylic, charcoal, graphite
Queer Party | Shaina Yang
Shaina Yang is a multidisciplinary visual artist with roots in California and Taiwan, now based in Brooklyn NY. They are interested in the stream of consciousness, family superstitions, and the collective mind.
Textures of Light and Shadow | Barbara Paulus
Barbara Paulus is an artist, writer and photographer living in New York. She studies film, publishes zines and binds her own books using thread and beeswax. To this end, she is learning to keep bees.
Three Portraits | Tanya Levina
Born in Minsk, Belarus, Tanya Levina moved to New York City in 1995. She studied painting at studio the Arts Students League, Slade School of Fine Arts in London and The New York Academy of Art. She is a recipient of a COJECO Blueprint Fellowship award and has been featured […]
Machtig Prachtig / Mightily Marvelous
Born in the Netherlands, Tamara Stoffers is an artist who has long been fascinated with Russia and the Soviet Union. As the artist puts it: “[The USSR’s] typical visual language in architecture and art feels nostalgic to some and is still relevant to others. I compose my images from old […]
Screen | Shinto Imai
Shinto Imai was born in San Francisco, California on October 30, 1981. He holds a B.F.A. in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design. He lived and worked in New York City from 2008 to 2016. He currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. You can find more of his […]
Surface Tension | Evan Paul English
Evan Paul English was born in Meridian, Idaho. He received his BFA from University of Arizona, and earned his MFA from Pratt Institute in 2016. He has exhibited work across the United States, recently had a solo exhibition at NAPOLEON Gallery in Philadelphia, showcased work at […]
Three Collages
James Scales lives and works in New York City’s oldest house. His visual art has appeared in The Birds We Piled Loosely and Sinker Cypress Review. His poetry has appeared in Sinker Cypress Review, Go Places, and Cadenza Magazine, and is forthcoming in Yes Poetry. He […]
A Time of Unsettling
Christine Labban is a visual artist from Beirut, Lebanon. She received her MA in photography from LUCA School of Arts, Brussels Belgium. She engages photography and digital art with a desire to capture and portray the mundane from her own perspective.
“Myrtle-Wyckoff” and others
“Myrtle-Wyckoff” “Ridgewood” “New Haven Amtrak Station” “Rockaways” Derek Saffe is an Argentine photographer. Raised in Miami, he moved to NYC as punishment for growing up in a tropical paradise. He takes his sartorial cues from his grandmother and his eye for images from his mother.
“All Colors Change”
Brian Russ is a photographer, musician, writer and teacher who has been living in Brooklyn for the past 11 years. He has played music in over 80 different venues in New York City, exhibited photos in several galleries over the years here and continues to teach middle children how to […]
“Untitled”
Thomas Gillaspy is a northern California photographer with an interest in urban minimalism. His photography has been featured in numerous magazines including the literary journals: Compose, DMQ Review and Citron Review.
“Untitled”
Kenneth Faith is currently pursuing a MFA in Painting from Brooklyn College after graduating from the College of Charleston with a degree in Studio Art in 2013.