“The word Survivor links to a history, links to some of us who have not survived.” Violence drove me to madness in an ambulance, that red white and blue hearse. My abusers took turns at the wheel. Checked me into the hospital. Waved from behind the glass. The intake bed’s parchment dress – white like…
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SHARUM Completes First Show Week
SHARUM wraps up the first week of its NYC debut at The Players Theatre, with two weeks left under its Self Production Residency. SHARUM, written by Mohammad Murtaza and Dena Igusti, is a documentary theatre piece that follows a Muslim family based in Queens, New York. The story follows the wedding of the oldest daughter,…
Guest Column: Five Hot Artists on Music They’ll Never Get Over
PINK NAVEL on Just Got Back From Discomfort — We’re Alright (photo by Michael Taylor) An album I’ve been heavily revisiting is “Just Got Back From Discomfort — We’re Alright” by The Brave Little Abacus. I think this band is the definition of hopeful emo, as well as one of few bands that really subvert…
Artistic Isolation vs. Collaborative Production: Lessons from Maurice White
Photo of Earth Wind & Fire from Columbia Records by Madeline Lessing I don’t think I realized that I never knew what a music producer really does until I started working with one in 2018. Watching Cam Hawkins work with my music has made production, the process of overseeing the creation of music and guiding…
Cultivating Queer Utopia Out Of Queer Suffering: An Interview With Butch Baby
By: Madeline Lessing and Ari Toole Photo: Ari Toole Butch Baby is a rising, fiercely-honest punk band with front seat intensity, and hot glowing sax parts. The band is the brainchild and story of Shiloh Trudeau (they or he pronouns) who plays guitar and sings. Trudeau is joined by Fox Hillyer (they pronouns) on baritone…
New Grit: 10 Vivid Songs Released in 2018 That’ll Take You Away
You can check out the full playlist on Spotify. Madeline Lessing is a poet, songwriter, and DIY scene-baby based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Beautiful – Lennix
My body is speaking to me The tongues of my skin Speak languages that do not reach my mouth. Whisper sweet nothings, to which I can not reply, the words caught in Linguistic purgatory Trying to translate beautiful a noun, a possessive word beautiful, The word is stuck in the spit of man as he…
Event| #Bersatu: A Meetup for Lombok
Indonesia’s Lombok has been jolted by two major earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks in the past week with a 6.4 on July 29 and an even more devastating 7.0 on August 5. The death toll of the 7.0-quake has been continuing to climb (it’s up to 98 at the moment), hundreds have been wounded, and thousands have been forced to evacuate…
Moon Shift:A Pisces to Aries Playlist| Madeline Lessing
moon shift: a playlist in celebration of the moon shifting from Pisces to Aries, the month from July to August, and our emotions from meditative to motivated. these songs are to remind you that feeling intensely is important and powerful, especially when you express it out loud. Madeline Lessing is a poet, songwriter, and…
Quick Links: Teaching Poetry
When it comes to teaching poetry, lesson plans have to be catered to the demographic you are aiming to teach. While we can’t create a syllabus for every type of student, we can provide resources that can help you introduce or further deepen your students’ understanding of poetry. Important: Accessibility Guide– created by Poetry Out…
