In a special week-long editorial series on zines in anticipation of Burnaway’s Book//Zine fair, Shanley Poole considers the work of Winston-Salem based artist c hart, whose zines reflect on pop culture, personal experience, and the local drag scene.
Francess Archer Dunbar explores the practice of Nadia Tahoun, a Palestinian American artist and founder of Flower Shop Collective, based between New York and Tahoun’s hometown of Miami.
![Unknown (American). [Studio Portrait], 1940s – 50s. Gelatin silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Twentieth- Century Photography Fund, 2015 (2015.330). Photograph by and courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.](https://burnaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.-Unknown-American.-Studio-Portrait-1940s–50s-1-540x529.jpg)
Justin Chance reviews the ties to dandyism in the South and Caribbean as seen in Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Kristina Kay Robinson considers what happens when deities, beings, and lineages not meant to be understood are conjured in the beginning, ending, and beginning again of New Orleans in this next GHOST theme feature.
In September’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Vanessa Garcia explores Floridian independent bookstores that are preserving the freedom to read.
Artist-in-residence Helen Jones writes a letter from Stove Works, sharing stories of winding rivers, time spent on porches, and bathtubs used for photo processing.
In September’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Zahrah Butler reflects on the work of Tay Butler, a Houston-based artist who examines the commodification of Black athletes and soldiers.
In this GHOST theme feature, Emile Mausner examines Dario Robleto’s materially-rich sculptures, where melted bullet led and ring-finger bones evoke ghosts of the Civil War.
Katherine Kennedy explores energy exchange and belonging in artist residencies within and beyond the Caribbean.
