Three prominent female painters engage in a roundtable discussion about style and technique in their paintings.

Celebrated poet and author Paul Auster moves between forms and genres, creating ambitious works of literature. He speaks with writer Joseph Mallia on the necessities of writing and their impact on the reader.

Black-Eyed Susan of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company on Charles Ludlam, motivation, and the film Ironweed.

The French filmmaker, Jeanne-Pierre Gorin, began making films in 1968. He has collaborated with Jean-Luc Godard. His own films Poto and Cabengo and Routine Pleasures were released in 1979 and 1986, respectively.

A roundtable discussion on whether or not art can reverse history and the notion of the “sublime” within painting.

They married them young back then and always with an eye on adjoining acreage, so it was hardly surprising that Lizzard Patout knew, even before knowing who the female was to be, that he would impregnate her four times with four males in eight years—allowing a fallow year in between, which was sound, modern practice according to his agricultural course that came through the mail—one son for each farm bordering The Oaks, thus restoring the plantation to its original size.

To separate from the past and drift away from the present becomes one sudden thought, yet everything I own is the accumulation of 23 years of life and I cannot go very far from my truths. I should have a job. 

The subway when it goes by sounds like a roller-coaster making a turn into a down curve, minus screams. 

One night, after taking a valium, I ask Gregory why he needs to hurt me. He says it isn’t him, but Bob. Bob? Yes, Bob, he insists.

I’m not the last one to have this happen. 

“Air Canada flight 664 to Toronto is non-smoking,” reported the attendant.

“Every seat?” I sighed.

Fashion portfolio produced by Candace Allenson and Robert McElroy with photos by Jose Arman-Pita.