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By the Book: ‘A Hidden Landscape Once a Week’

By the Book: ‘A Hidden Landscape Once a Week’

In this excerpt of a history of the UK music press, A Hidden Landscape Once a Week, Tony Stewart recalls his time as writer and deputy editor at NME (1971-85) — the strengths and pleasures of teamwork and the vital role of the visual in the energies of a rock paper.

‘Garage’: A Visually and Intellectually Rich Study of a Seemingly Blank Space

‘Garage’: A Visually and Intellectually Rich Study of a Seemingly Blank Space

Olivia Erlanger and Luis Ortega Govela's Garage challenges the beguiling, energizing, and yet limiting power of the garage in America as a symbol of escape and reinvention.

The Enigma of Russian Dada

The Enigma of Russian Dada

If art is about the fostering and maintenance of traditions, then the Russians were proposing a kind of anti-art. An exploration of the exhibition catalog, Russian Dada 1914-1924.

Artist Ria Brodell Offers an Enlightened View on Holy Cards (and History) with ‘Butch Heroes’

Artist Ria Brodell Offers an Enlightened View on Holy Cards (and History) with ‘Butch Heroes’

While it's unlikely that you will ever come across an acknowledged gay, lesbian, or transgender person featured on an official holy card, it's quite possible that some individuals thus pictured snuck in under the radar, so to speak. Ria Brodell's Butch Heroes brings that tragic oversight to light.

Albrecht Dürer’s ‘Melencolia I’ and the Power of Visual Therapy

Albrecht Dürer’s ‘Melencolia I’ and the Power of Visual Therapy

Mitchell B. Merback exploits the cryptic nature of Albrecht Dürer's Melencolia I in order to encourage deeper speculation into one's self and the manner in which one engages with the world through the oft-misunderstood condition of melancholy.

Propoganda Isn’t About Trying to Fool You

Propoganda Isn’t About Trying to Fool You

Lee McIntyre's 'Post-Truth' is a history lesson and a call to action asking liberals to defend the concept of objective truth. But is it the best approach to the problem?

Short Stories: Surprises and Twists

Short Stories: Surprises and Twists

Five literary short stories with a twist by Alice Munro, Jorge Luis Borges, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lee Martin, and Jennifer Lynne Christie.

Ready Player None: Paolo Ruffino’s ‘Future Gaming’

Ready Player None: Paolo Ruffino’s ‘Future Gaming’

Will gamers complete this textual quest?