The Confounding and Eclectic Andrew Muse

BEN GIBBONS

Pittsburgh musician Andrew Muse is something of an enigma, with a style and repertoire both difficult to define and difficult to find, respectively. Music writer Ben Gibbons sits down with Muse (in a cemetery) to discuss his music, his city, and his influences.

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MUSIC

A Trip Through the Psychedelic Techno-World of Sleep Movies’ Melt Transmission

BEN GIBBONS

Sleep Movies’ latest album transports listeners to a world both warped and not so different from our own. Ben Gibbons hears from Skyler Brimmeier about the making of his album and why it’s a psychedelic journey for our times.

CULTURE

Black in Appalachia’s Redefining of a Region

LILY EKIMIAN

What does it mean to be Appalachian? The Black in Appalachia Podcast uses stories from the past and present to form a new narrative of a region that for so long left Black residents out. Lily Ekimian hears from co-hosts Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin and Angela Dennis about their podcast.

POETRY

“Incoming”

BEKAH BLACK

A poem by Bekah Black.

SHORT STORY

Skinning the Dog

ZOEY MILLER

Creative nonfiction by Zoey Miller.

Music

Kelsey Swintek

Finding Harmony in the Dichotomies of Lorde’s Solar Power

Kesley Swintek lays flat the opposing poles that Lorde balances in herself and her music.

Ben Gibbons

The Confounding and Eclectic Andrew Muse

Musician Andrew Muse is something of an enigma, with a style and repertoire both difficult to define and difficult to find, respectively.

Literature & Fine Arts

Film

Sasho Pshenko

The Girl, the Home, the Night, and Ana Lily Amirpour’s Glorious Cinematic Vampirism

Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a revelry of cinematic styles and innovation.

Sasho Pshenko

Life, Art, and Imitation in Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up

Sasho Pshenko dives into Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up and shows us why any attempt to separate truth from deception is missing the point.

Culture

Lily Ekimian

America in Miniature: Exploring Ed Simon’s An Alternative History of Pittsburgh

Ed Simon’s new book, An Alternative History of Pittsburgh, takes an idiosyncratic and fresh look at the origins of the Steel City.

Elliot Jordan

Eight Epic Novels to Throw Yourself into This Summer

The weather is finally warmer and the days finally longer; with summer upon us, Elliot Jordan compiles a list of eight incredible novels.

Lily Ekimian

Black in Appalachia’s Redefining of a Region

The Black in Appalachia Podcast uses history and storytelling to form a new narrative of a region that for so long left Black residents out.

Katie Wallach

The Joyful Vulnerability of Getting Tattooed

On one level exhilarating, tattoos have the ability to empower and inspire those who get them in unique and liberating ways.

Fiction & Poetry

Lyde Longaker

“Green Blades”

"Words spring up / Like neon spikes / From fallow fields / Of endless rows that / Speak unheard." A poem by Lyde Longaker.

Bekah Black

"22"

"I’m gathering days— Paper slowly turning autumnal." A poem by Bekah Black.

Lyde Longaker

“Mote”

I was, / when I knew / I was a mote, / an aimless speck swirling, / between shadows / made by slatted blinds." A poem by Lyde Longaker.

Charles Marlow

Proving a Villain

A Shakespeare-inspired poetry collection by Charles Marlow.

The Confounding and Eclectic Andrew Muse

BEN GIBBONS

MUSIC

A Trip Through the Psychedelic Techno-World of Sleep Movies’ Melt Transmission

BEN GIBBONS

CULTURE

Black in Appalachia’s Redefining of a Region

LILY EKIMIAN

POETRY

“Incoming”

BEKAH BLACK

SHORT STORY

Skinning the Dog

ZOEY MILLER

Music

Finding Harmony in the Dichotomies of Lorde’s Solar Power

The Confounding and Eclectic Andrew Muse

Literature & Fine Arts

Film

The Girl, the Home, the Night, and Ana Lily Amirpour’s Glorious Cinematic Vampirism

Life, Art, and Imitation in Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up

Culture

America in Miniature: Exploring Ed Simon’s An Alternative History of Pittsburgh

Eight Epic Novels to Throw Yourself into This Summer

Black in Appalachia’s Redefining of a Region

The Joyful Vulnerability of Getting Tattooed

Fiction & Poetry

“Green Blades”

"22"

“Mote”

Proving a Villain

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