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Q&A with Allison Mattox by Rebecca Toscano

by Rebecca Toscano | Feb 13, 2019 | Issue No 2, Nonfiction, Read

Q&A with Allison Mattox By Rebecca Toscano ; In July, I spoke with Allison Mattox about the short film she wrote and directed through the Taliesin Nexus Smash Cut Film Lab last year. Her film, Échappé, is about a young Russian ballerina who is tempted toward defection...

Abide the End: The Battle for America’s Soul By Rich Trzupek

by cinderq | Feb 13, 2019 | Issue No 2, Nonfiction, Read

Abide the End: The Battle for America’s Soul By Rich Trzupek ; We find ourselves immersed in a struggle, a struggle that is not unfamiliar in its nature, but one that is unprecedented in degrees of passion. Technology has provided us with a gift: the ability to...

Who am I? – Genetic Testing and Identity

by M.G. Martin | Oct 25, 2018 | Nonfiction, Read

Who Am I? - Genetic Testing and Identity By M.G. Martin ; Have you seen this commercial for Ancestry.com, one of the genetic testing companies? Kyle’s self-identification, based upon how he was raised and his family’s perception, was German-American but after genetic...

“The Handmaids Tale” from a Muslim Feminist Perspective

by Suad Patton-Bey | Oct 24, 2018 | Nonfiction

The Handmaid's Tale from a Muslim Feminist Perspective By Suad Patton ; I first watched the trailer on the same day the first episode aired and was instantly intrigued. The history buff inside me initially took it as a historical series due to Elizabeth Moss’s hood...

UNFORGIVEN: The 20th Century’s Final Film Masterpiece?

by Matt Edwards | Oct 15, 2018 | Issue No 1, Nonfiction

Unforgiven: The 20th Century's Final Film Masterpiece? By Matt Edwards ; “It’s a helluva thing killing a man. You take away all he’s got…all he’s ever gonna have.” —William Munny Out of the countless films I’ve watched more than once, this Western tale of revenge,...

Snare – Part 1

by Patrick Reasonover | Oct 15, 2018 | Issue No 1, Nonfiction

Snare - Part 1 By Patrick Reasonover ; Come awake, wandering. A canopy cinches tight over a dark, pathless wood. It chokes all but a spatter of sparsely strewn light prints trailing off into a distant, sullen murk. Underfoot, dried leaves crackle, breaking the...