Former Mt. Upton High School Old Schools – Part 1 The Downsides of Consolidation In a sunny late fall afternoon, I took a drive up New York State Route 8. Highway 8 originates in the Village of Deposit, winds through small villages and hamlets, passes through...
Arrhythmic Morality perhaps I was the devil all along a crumbling and shameless little fool pleading to malicious cards of chance among the dying and their reverence that you should go, my benediction stands, as you have ceased to love or ever thrive, and I have...
*** About Allen Forrest: Cartoonist/Illustrator. Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theater, digital music, film, video, drawing and painting. You can read more about him in About Us....
Center of Your Silken Den Your couch was made of velvet. Supple to the touch. I didn’t notice as my defenses went soft. Waking up, I felt the marks left by your claws. Your teeth were sharp as needles. Subtle with their sting. I should have known the invitation...
Michaela MacPherson illustration *** A Crisis of Identity by James Palombo Politics Editor I’ve certainly spoken to this theme in previous Ragazine articles. But given my recent trip to Italy and the conversations that followed while there, I think it bears...
“Soft Cough” Plays “High Hopes” Long Island band formed in Western New York by Greg Stewart Contributing Columnist It’s a dark night in suburban Long Island where the snow lines sidewalks dotted with boxy homes behind green lawns....
More I want you to drink until her body turns to liquid gold — glowing as if wan moonlight in the dead of winter, from the dusty skylight above your bed. I want you to long to be wrapped up beneath her warm skin — her rib cage like a crime, entrapping you as a...
Photo by Miguel Orós on Unsplash *** The Itch by Aura Redwood The bell rang, shrill, demanding, echoing through the small classroom. Without needing to be told twice, a swarm of small children echoed their own cheers in return, clamouring, running to the door, to...
About Allen Forrest: Cartoonist/Illustrator. Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theater, digital music, film, video, drawing and painting. You can read more about him in About...
About Allen Forrest: Cartoonist/Illustrator. Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theater, digital music, film, video, drawing and painting. You can read more about him in About...
Alex Wolkowicz: Viscera Artbreak Gallery New York by Carl Oprey Contributing Arts Editor Earlier this year I went to two illuminating exhibitions within a few weeks of each other. One was the swanky Jeff Koons show at the Gagosian in...
Gangster capitalism and nostalgic authoritarianism in Trump’s America In one year, the Trump regime has wrought immense damage to democracy, culture and thought. But there’s new hope. by Henry A. Giroux Contributing Editor Just one year into the...
Democracy on life support: Donald Trump’s first anniversary by Henry A. Giroux Donald Trump was elected president of the United States a year ago today. His ascendancy in American politics has made visible a culture of cruelty, a contempt for civic...
by Galanty Miller There are way too many holidays that obligate us to spend time with our families./ I went through the 5 Stages of Death. I saw the musical CATS in five different theaters./ I have an idea for a horror movie in which the family’s...
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