Our spring 2020 issue is all about hindsight!

"In a time where, more than ever, it is impossible to predict the future, we invite you to find comfort in our hindsight issue. Discover sculpture born of childhood fantasy, tales of loss and betrayal, stories of glory days, poems celebrating new love, old grief, the beauty of a summer afternoon, or the aftermath of a hurricane. Welcome to an incredible issue packed with wisdom, humor, regret, all the varied fruits of backward reflection. "   -Erin O’Neill Armendarez, Editor in Chief

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Making Monsters : An Interview with Ken Harrell

Ken Harrell is a ceramic artist and illustrator residing in the Denver metro area. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Art Studio with a concentration in Drawing and Illustration from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a second degree in Graphic Design from Front Range Community College. He has worked professionally as an illustrator and graphic designer, but has recently rediscovered his long lost love of clay.

​"The Little Atrocities project is really a culmination of all the years of imagination and sketches of creatures and monsters. Even more so, it is me trying to tap back into that mentality I had when I was a child with a sketchbook that accompanied me everywhere.." - Ken Harrell


Read the full interview on page 22 of the spring 2020 issue.

See more of Ken's work at www.littleatrocities.com.

Poetry review of Mike McNamara

"​It will challenge you to read aloud, to think carefully about each line; it will pull you into the starless past the author invoked in the early pages of the book. If the goal of poetry is to transcend ordinary experience, to somehow lift our minds and emotions beyond the everyday, then Dialling a Starless Past is certainly a masterful work of poetry in spite of its lack of “meaningless sameness.” ​-Erin O’Neill Armendarez, Editor in Chief

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It's All About Embroidery with Melissa Saner Crim

Melissa Saner Crim graduated from the University of Nebraska – Omaha in December of 2019 with a Bachelor’s of Multidisciplinary Studies. She is currently on the Art staff for the University’s literary journal, 13th Floor Magazine. Melissa was a winner for Best Artist at the 2012 Rochester, New York Public Market’s Artists’ Row.

"I’m always my own worst critic, I think, and that really pushes me to keep learning and growing in my art. Every time I finish a piece, I’m thinking about how I can make my next one better and more personally satisfying." - Melissa Crim

Read the full interview on page 28 of the spring 2020 issue.

See more of Melissa's work on her Instagram @Seahorsepopsicle.

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