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ART IS BACK.
ART IS BACK.

A spring arts roundup with shoutouts to approximately three dozen fantastic artists and organizations.

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Heather BlakesleeMay 14, 2022
Our Dark Knight Rides Off Into the Sunset
Our Dark Knight Rides Off Into the Sunset

by Heather Shayne Blakeslee

A thank you and farewell to RQ Art Director Michael Wohlberg

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Heather BlakesleeJuly 6, 2021Heather Shayne Blakeslee
Behind the Story: Crumbling Media Systems, Credentialism, and the Big Sort
Behind the Story: Crumbling Media Systems, Credentialism, and the Big Sort

by Walter Foley

A note from RQ Ideas Editor

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Heather BlakesleeMay 14, 2021Walter Foley
No Gods, No Masters
No Gods, No Masters

by Walter Foley | photos by Ford Fischer

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

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2.4Heather BlakesleeMay 6, 2021Walter Foley, Ford Fischer
Diana Lu on Long Form Love Letters to Local Business
Diana Lu on Long Form Love Letters to Local Business

by Diana Lu

A note from RQ contributing food editor and Constellations columnist

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Heather BlakesleeApril 8, 2021Diana Lu
An Atmosphere of One’s Own
An Atmosphere of One’s Own

by Jared Michael Lowe

Launching a late-in-life career, and embellishing her world

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Heather BlakesleeApril 6, 2021Jared Michael Lowe
Hell is Love
Hell is Love

by Lauren Earline Leonard

Keeping your record collection in the age of outrage

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Heather BlakesleeNovember 11, 2020Lauren Leonard
Fall 2020 - Behind the Issue - “Purple Haze?”
Fall 2020 - Behind the Issue - “Purple Haze?”

by Heather Shayne Blakeslee

A note on the Fall 2020 issue, Fight/Flight/Tend & Befriend, from our Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

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Heather BlakesleeOctober 26, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee
Spheres of Cultural Influence
Spheres of Cultural Influence

by Diana Lu

Religion, food, family, and community on one West Philly corner

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Heather BlakesleeOctober 6, 2020Diana Lu
Convicted and Burned
Convicted and Burned

by Walter Foley and Heather Shayne Blakeslee

Are we capable of stopping the cycle of online outrage?

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Heather BlakesleeSeptember 18, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Walter Foley
As Far As I Know
As Far As I Know

by Angel Hogan

The unusual habit arose at age five. Whenever I had a few moments alone…

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Heather BlakesleeAugust 14, 2020Angel Hogan
Opening Salvo: While You Were Out
Opening Salvo: While You Were Out

by Heather Shayne Blakeslee

Imagine that after a long time away, you’ve returned home in winter, opened the door…

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Heather BlakesleeAugust 14, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee
Truth and Beauty: An Invitation from Root Quarterly
Truth and Beauty: An Invitation from Root Quarterly

A letter launching The RQ Review from Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Heather Shayne Blakeslee

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Heather BlakesleeAugust 14, 2020Heather Shayne Blakeslee
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