MOONY HABITATIONS BY LEILANI CLARK: David Shields’ Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and deliberate unartiness
A PHOTO ESSAY BY SCOTT MACDONALD: Ohio feels awkward and endearing. Lazy and earnest. Charming and repulsive; lonely but loving.
THE SCHEME OF SPACES BY LYNETTE D’AMICO: Re-imagining the subtext of the doll
A FINE LINE BY CAT JOHNSON: How an iconic sign reflected a changing city
FICTION BY MATT GAJEWSKI: In part three of the summer serial, the Oracle becomes an online advice columnist
SIMPLICITIES BY JANINA LARENAS: The totally adaptable, refreshing, and amazing wine spritzer
PRESSING ISSUES BY LAURA PEARSON: News and notes on small presses, periodicals, and literary goings-on
FICTION BY LELAND CHEUK: “Today’s my thirtieth birthday. Just like any other day. I’ll play video games all day.”
PRETENTIOUS MACHO THEATER BY R. JOHN XERXES: Iron Man is one of the more problematic Marvel superheroes
RECORDS BY THEIR COVERS BY LEVI FULLER: Accentuating the positive with new albums by The Like, Punch Brothers, and Gurrumul
BY CHANDA PRESCOD-WEINSTEIN: The android narratives of the year’s most transcendent pop artist
MOONY HABITATIONS BY LEILANI CLARK: Drawing inspiration from the primitive drumming of Moe Tucker and Beat Happening
THE SCHEME OF SPACES BY LYNETTE D’AMICO: Walls draw a line, keep us in place, shelter secrets, make good neighbors or incite breakthroughs
A FINE LINE BY CAT JOHNSON: The fascinating origin, evolution and integration of a ubiquitous mark
BY LEVI FULLER: Tenth Avenue North, Jennifer Knapp and Kaskade demonstrate why Photoshop is not your friend
BY LAURA PEARSON: News and notes on small presses, periodicals, and literary goings-on
MOONY HABITATIONS BY LEILANI CLARK: The different listening experience vinyl affords
A FINE LINE BY CAT JOHNSON: A look at an artist who has defined an era of Bay Area music
THE SCHEME OF SPACES BY LYNETTE D’AMICO: Getting better acquainted with Frank Lloyd Wright
LAST EVENINGS ON EARTH BY MICHAEL ZAPATA: “After some time wandering, you eventually come to Checagou, but it is not the city that other traveler’s have told you about”
Paul M Davis