Magnus Burnsides plaintively asks Paloma, “Did—did I make the right choice?” and I found myself sniffling, blaming it on the fresh chill as I walked through a swirl of dying…
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Dynamo Verlag
by Entropy February 17, 2021I have strong opinions about art and about publishing, and while it can sometimes be difficult to get people’s attention, I do believe that one can build a devoted, engaged community around a press, just as punk rock communities often coalesce around a particularly beloved venue.
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BLACKCACKLE: One by Megan Hein
by Guest Contributor May 8, 2020Upfront and Personal A guy who was nude in his profile picture messaged me online. “Hey if you like alternative rock, I suggest you check out 90.7. It seems like…
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A List of Secrets
by Guest Contributor March 6, 2020image courtesy of Cori Bratby-Rudd 1. I used to cry, chose to sleep on the floor, sleepingbagged child with a dog, a mom and with with with a sickening…
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The Birds: Heron
by Guest Contributor October 4, 2019I bow to you, heron. I bow to stepping out of fear. I bow to patience and focus. I bow to stepping into my power. I bow to risk and…
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Anterior Wattage
by Will Alexander September 27, 2019“…submillimeter wavelengths…” -Tao Wang Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Taiwan) “I think there is something much deeper about it, about its existence, which we have very little inkling…
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WOVEN: Becoming Someone Else
by Guest Contributor September 5, 2018WOVEN is an Entropy series and dedicated safe space for essays by persons who engage with #MeToo, sexual assault and harassment, and #DomesticViolence, as well as their intersections with mental…
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Literacy Narrative: Reading Fernando Pessoa
by Guest Contributor August 23, 2018The year I moved to Chicago I was cast in a play that rehearsed at the School of the Art Institute. Each day when I arrived, I would pause at…
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I Found My Father in Shit Town
by Delaney McLemore January 31, 2018In February 2017, I heard an advertisement for an upcoming podcast by the makers of Serial, the show that introduced me to the podcast form. For those that haven’t heard…
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Brooms, moving, and growing up: an essay/love letter to Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service
by Alex Leininger August 8, 2017I’d told myself that it would be different, moving to New York. For so long, its idealized specter was my saving grace – in theory, of course – as I…
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They Watching Me
by Guest Contributor May 17, 2017“You are about to have Oleoresin Capsicum spray applied to your face. Once that has happened, you will engage the inmate with a baton while giving verbal commands. Do not…
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Twenty Years Later and Buffy Still Slaying
by Alcy Leyva May 11, 2017In 1992, a twelve year old boy rented a movie from his local Blockbuster which featured a blonde cheerleader who also happened to be a vampire slayer. I had fantastic…
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The Narco-Imaginary by Ramsey Scott
by Joseph Houlihan September 29, 2016The Narco-Imaginary: Essays Under the Influence by Ramsey Scott Ugly Duckling Presse, 2016 208 pages – Ugly Duckling / Amazon Avital Ronell notes that Walter Benjamin begins his essay,…
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The Cannibal Hymn
by Guest Contributor June 27, 2016Thoth created the world by bringing forth a dense mound of earth from the nothingness, which became the fertile land of the Nile Delta, which became the city of Khemmennu.…