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RECOMMENDATION // Invincible Camden
RECOMMENDATION // Invincible Camden

by Doris Zheku • photos by Ken Hohing

“A New View – Camden” is a site-specific art installation that reclaims land from dumpers and uses recycled materials.

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3.1, RecommendationHeather BlakesleeJuly 7, 2021Doris Zheku, Ken Hohing, Excerpt
POETRY // This Strange Order
POETRY // This Strange Order

by Joshua Mehigan • “Christag” illustration by Christopher Clark Spencer

Poetry Editor Joshua Mehigan explores two versions of nature, and our own nature, in poems by William Cowper and Mary Meriam.

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3.1, PoetryHeather BlakesleeJuly 7, 2021Joshua Mehigan, William Cowper, Mary Meriam, Christopher Spencer, Excerpt
OPENING SALVO // Girls Gone Wild
OPENING SALVO // Girls Gone Wild

by Heather Shayne Blakeslee • photo by Eva Wo

Meandering back to monkey business

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3.1, Opening SalvoHeather BlakesleeJuly 7, 2021Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Eva Wo, Excerpt
NONFICTION // Rites of Passage
NONFICTION // Rites of Passage

by Jacquelyn Jordan

Jacquelyn Jordan reflects on her former daily routine in a Philadelphia Public School, and what or who exactly the chain-link fences and padlocks are protecting students from.

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3.1, Art & IdeasHeather BlakesleeJuly 7, 2021Jacquelyn Jordan, Excerpt
DESTINATION // The Birds Win!
DESTINATION // The Birds Win!

by Robert Caverly

Reconnecting with the wilds of Tinicum, and a reminder that it was almost lost to development.

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3.1, StreetviewHeather BlakesleeJuly 7, 2021Robert Caverly, Excerpt
CONSTELLATIONS // Monster Moss Shakes
CONSTELLATIONS // Monster Moss Shakes

by Diana Lu • photos by Eva Wo

Sea moss emerges from the murky depths of the ocean to feed and nourish, and has fueled commerce for centuries

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3.1, Constellations, StreetviewHeather BlakesleeJuly 7, 2021Diana Lu, Eva Wo
 ABSTRACT PORTRAIT // The Strange Stories That Bodies Tell You
ABSTRACT PORTRAIT // The Strange Stories That Bodies Tell You

An abstract plague portrait of the artist Michael Grimaldi in the shadow of The Decameron

by Michael Grimaldi and Heather Shayne Blakeslee • images by Michael Grimaldi

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2.4Heather BlakesleeApril 6, 2021Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Michael Grimaldi, Excerpt
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT // Hannah Taylor
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT // Hannah Taylor

Pompadoured puppy advocate and artist Hannah Taylor raises money for abandoned animals in collaboration with Philadelphia Brewing Co.; and Renaissance man Eric Remer offers us closing thoughts on why this isn’t the Renaissance. (And cats.)


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2.4, Switchbacks, Artist SpotlightHeather BlakesleeApril 6, 2021Hannah Taylor, Excerpt
STREETVIEW // Don’t Call It A Comeback
STREETVIEW // Don’t Call It A Comeback

Philly’s print renaissance has the power of the people

by Doris Zheku

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2.4, Streetview, RecommendationHeather BlakesleeApril 6, 2021Doris Zheku, Excerpt
DESTINATION // The Keys to the Kingdom
DESTINATION // The Keys to the Kingdom

by Doris Zheku

REC Philly, a support system for creatives, is going national

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2.4, Destination, StreetviewHeather BlakesleeApril 6, 2021Doris Zheku, Excerpt
CULTURE FILES // No Gods, No Masters
CULTURE FILES // No Gods, No Masters

Our new media landscape is the wild west. Should we really be pinning a sheriff’s badge on anyone?

by Walter Foley • images by Ford Fischer

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2.4, Art & Ideas, Culture FilesHeather BlakesleeApril 6, 2021Walter Foley, Ford Fischer, Excerpt
ESSAY // Meeting the Moment
ESSAY // Meeting the Moment

Can we please get visionary about cities?

by Lauren Earline Leonard

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2.4, Art & Ideas, EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 6, 2021Lauren Earline Leonard, Christopher Spencer, Excerpt
SWITCHBACKS // From Fear to Fearless
SWITCHBACKS // From Fear to Fearless

The Long Road to Teddy

by Sarah Maiellano

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2.4, Switchbacks, EssayHeather BlakesleeApril 6, 2021Hannah Taylor, Sarah Maiellano, Excerpt
POETRY // The Happy Uncertain Worried Feeling
POETRY // The Happy Uncertain Worried Feeling

On Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh and Shane McCrae

by Joshua Mehigan

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Poetry, 2.4Heather BlakesleeApril 1, 2021Joshua Mehigan, Excerpt
OPENING SALVO // Moonshots
OPENING SALVO // Moonshots

by Heather Shayne Blakeslee

Returning to business as usual isn’t an option.

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Opening Salvo, 2.4Heather BlakesleeApril 1, 2021Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
SWITCHBACKS // The Long Black Robe
SWITCHBACKS // The Long Black Robe
2.3, Switchbacks, EssayHeather BlakesleeJanuary 24, 2021Naomi Mendelsohn, Tiff Urquhart, Excerpt
OPENING SALVO // Eusocial Distancing
OPENING SALVO // Eusocial Distancing

by Heather Shayne Blakeslee

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Opening Salvo, 2.3Heather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
POETRY // Accepting the Disaster
POETRY // Accepting the Disaster

by Joshua Mehigan

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2.3, PoetryHeather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Joshua Mehigan, Excerpt
FICTION // A Harvest
2.3, FictionHeather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Adele McKenna, Christopher Spencer, Excerpt
SWITCHBACKS // Artist Spotlight on Carole Loeffler
SWITCHBACKS // Artist Spotlight on Carole Loeffler
Switchbacks, 2.3Heather BlakesleeDecember 21, 2020Carole Loeffler, Excerpt
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