Jun 09, 2017
In Which the Magpie Takes to the Field
De Maria’s field of lightning . . . Thoreau’s “botany boxes” . . . James Schuyler’s salute to the past
In Which the Magpie Makes a Ghost Map of the City
The haunting of Rooney Mara . . . a delivery room turned walk-in closet . . . Ain Gordon’s “Radicals in Miniature”
May 25, 2017
In Which the Magpie Seeks the Zeitgeist of the Losers
The stuff we talk about after we finish with our weekly outrage.
May 11, 2017
In Which the Magpie Considers What a Giant Might See
Puppies . . . daffodils . . . surveillance-proof cloaks
Apr 27, 2017
In Which the Magpie Enters the Silence
A synthetic desert . . . a forest made of foam . . . the privilege of quiet
Mar 30, 2017
In Which the Magpie Sees Wild Boars as Lost Children
Fukushima’s radioactive boars . . . Ovidian transformations . . . Amy Sillman’s “After Metamorphoses”
Mar 16, 2017
In Which the Magpie Lets the Dog Live
A dog and her birthday pancake . . . the fate of Old Yeller et al . . . Thomas Roma’s dog shadow photographs
Mar 02, 2017
In Which the Magpie Spies Collages in the Trees
Mike Nichols’s films . . . Hannah Höch’s cut-outs . . . Wallace Stevens’s jar on a hill
Feb 16, 2017
In Which the Magpie Considers the Possibilities of Outer Space
Spacepeople perch in trees . . . prisoners in the desert read the stars . . . escalators lead the way to the Big Bang
Feb 03, 2017
In Which the Magpie Delivers the (Fake) News from the Meeting of the Electoral College
An island receives an unexpected party . . . a prize is granted . . . a large problem is solved.
Dec 19, 2016
From the Magpie (lightsoftsheer neutralbetween)
“My nearly weeping when I watch Lil Buck dance is because I’m not sure this is allowed anymore.”
Dec 05, 2016
From the Magpie (Work)
In which the Magpie finds direction in the grids of Agnes Martin.
Nov 21, 2016
From the Magpie (Faces)
Novels are also mirror rooms, in a way; we read them “to see our reflections transformed, to wear another’s face.”
Sep 12, 2016
From the Magpie (Locks and Doors)
Wherein a question is posed: Is the Magpie a locksmith?
Aug 29, 2016
