By Michael Knight Phoenix: Spring 2004, Inspirations Issue My father's war story is a simple one. He shipped out to Vietnam in 1968, an ROTC lieutenant, trained for airborne duty. All blood and balls, to hear him tell it, but…
Written by Rose Hamm Edited by Josh Strange Le Swamp, an artist-run space in Knoxville, Tennessee, transforms the unfinished basement of its co-directors’, Ashley Ekstrum and Victoria Rexhausen’s, residence into a curatorial art space. Ekstrum, a University of Tennessee graduate…
Written by Aslan Gossett Edited by Josh Strange (Mostly Spoiler Free) Ottessa Moshfegh’s second book, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, explores its 300-some pages with postmodern monologues and an inverse metamorphosis story for the ages. Set in New York between 2000…
George Bailey Lassos the Moon By Fisher Sexton -For Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life I never knew you were so beautiful until tonight. Your bouncy golden thread wild chestnut eyes whisper take…
Taylor Kolnick Drifting 35mm 2021 Price available upon request Griffin Allman Maybe if you go to sleep happy, then you'll wake up happy Acrylic and watercolor on canvas 2021 $350 “My artistic practice consists of abstract paintings and drawings…
Written by Sadie Kimbrough Edited by Josh Strange The never ending commotion surrounding HBO’s Euphoria is not without controversy, but its meticulous creative direction allows the coming of age series stylistic recognizability unlike any other. While the newest season seems…
Faith Belt is a senior art student at UTK working in drawing, ceramics, and puppetry. Her creative process is driven by the concepts of seeking, reaching, and wrestling. Belt's infatuation with storytelling leads her to incorporate the tales of Gilgamesh,…
Written by Clint Liles Edited by Sadie Kimbrough Haley Takahashi, an award-winning artist and graduate student here at the University of Tennessee offers representation of being a Japanese American and the duality that identity brings in present-day America. Her work…
LITERATURE White Noise by Don DeLillo (1985) Satirical, funny, and all too real glance at American consumerism, ignorance, and the relation between self-obsession and self-deception. - Aslan A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016) Super comforting read after a rough…
