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"To Comprehend a Nectar": 14 Questions with Peter Moren

Music Interview by Anna-Lynne Williams | 5.14.08

"The things I go through, most people go through, so I think it communicates."

Interview with Surfwise Director Doug Pray

Film Interview by Alexandra Bullen | 5.7.08

"When I got out of film school, there was sort of this realization like, 'Oh my God, I have to make this happen.' You don't get jobs out of film school. Nobody ever says, 'Oh, did you go to UCLA? I have a fine position for you.'"

"Our True Love Finds Us When it is Time": An Interview with Mark Kozelek

Music Interview by Anna-Lynne Williams | 5.1.08

"Sometimes I write in the voice of someone who I believe is trying to get through to me, sometimes. But I never really understood that Nick Cave style of 'I am a murderer on this album' kind of thing. It's just not me. I'd rather just cover someone else's song."

Pat and Mike

Fiction by Larry Gaffney | 5.1.08

Pat walked into the specialist's office with a worried mind. Just last week, in for his yearly check-up with Feingold, he'd been given a clean bill of health. So why had this other doctor's secretary called to set up an appointment?

Killing Ground, Healing Ground: An Interview with Photographer John Huddleston

Artist Interview by Alexandra Tursi | 5.1.08

Armed with a camera, Middlebury College professor John Huddleston makes pilgrimages into the American landscape to capture touchstones for shared cultural memory.

Spring Poetry Collection

Verse by Various Poets | 4.22.08

In this collection, reading and writing add up to a life lived well. No distinction is made between the literary creation and the human being. As Australian poet Em McAvan writes in her poem "Reading," "I think to myself that / our bodies are like books."

Shared Islands: An Interview with High Places

Music Interview by Anna-Lynne Williams | 4.16.08

"The whole idea of playing in a band as a way of paying the bills is a new concept to Rob and me. We come from a basement show pass-the-hat-to-pay-for-gas mentality."

What Kind of Animal Are We: An Interview with Sara Lov

Music Interview by Anna-Lynne Williams | 4.9.08

"It's strange to me that so many hands can have a part in someone's self-expression. It puzzles me that what I think is so bad can be considered to be so good by so many, and something that is so good can go undiscovered."

Colliding with Nature: An Interview with Jason Middlebrook

Artist Interview by Alexandra Tursi | 4.7.08

The relationship between humans and nature--and "humans' endless fear and misunderstanding" of nature--is at the center of artist Jason Middlebrook’s work.

Interview with Wetlands Preserved Director Dean Budnick

Film Interview by Alexandra Bullen | 4.4.08

"Wetlands was unlike any music venue or any nightclub I had ever entered, let alone one in New York City. I remember being blown away by the use of space, in particular the downstairs lounge, which was something of the ultimate chill zone."

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