Hip hop is not rap music, but a culture that includes an ethics, political theory, certain epistemological commitments, and an aesthetics that includes rap music (composed of the DJ and the emcee, sampling, and the scratch).

Jessica Kallista is an artist, poet, and curator living in Northern Virginia.  In 2014, she founded  Olly Olly, an alternative art space in Fairfax, VA dedicated to bringing together local artists.

I talked with local DC artist,  Jane Claire Remick, while she was in China researching textile production (supported by the NEA). In this interview, JC tells us about her art and process.

In this interview, Julie Marie Wade speaks with us about writing Catechism: A Love Story, and Kristina Marie Darling discusses the book’s design and layout decisions.

In Robyn Schiff’s A Woman of Property, weeds grow through every domestic space. A nail turns the nursery chair perilous. A doe may or may not replace a girl on an altar.

It’s June!

Which means it’s PRIDE month!