a thread, unread

By Ally Christmas January 24, 2023

I am trying to tether myself.

Summer drawing to a close
That’s the way a summer goes.
Spring was too wet & rainy,
Summer certainly dried it out.
Fall is coming, my favorite
time of year.

*August 22, 1983*

Weathering by Alissa Alfonso at Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Miami Beach

Reviews

Mario Andrés Rodriguez reviews the sustainable re-representations of the Florida Everglades in Weathering, a solo exhibition by Alissa Alfonso at Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Miami Beach.

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On the Speculative World of the Miami VIS: Introducing Najja Moon

Trickster

For Burnaway's TRICKSTER theme feature and for November’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Isabella Marie Garcia considers parafiction as a tool in the conceptual practice of Najja Moon, where artist and basketball player collide.

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All Aboard the Mardi Gras Line

BA x Oxford American

In November's co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Holly Devon reports on Amtrak’s new Mardi Gras Service line that restores passenger rail transit between New Orleans and Mobile on the Gulf Coast.