Truth Teller Spotlight Interview: Amie Oliver, painter.
“Truth, like beauty, is fleeting and temporary, so I strive to create work that is true at the time of its making but will linger in the viewer’s psyche afterward, resonating in layers of meaning.” Amie Oliver’s artwork has been exhibited in hundreds of solo and group exhibitions as well as artists’ residencies in...
“The Humility of the Brutes”: We talk with Ron Smith about his latest book of poems.
“The best any of us can do is narrow the inevitable gaps between our best words and the truths they aim to capture and communicate.” It’s been a few short months since Ron Smith, former Poet Laureate of Virginia and contributor to our “Maps & Legends” issue, published his fourth book, The Humility of...
Online Exclusive: Celebrating the Poetry of Marylen Grigas.
We at BROAD STREET were honored to publish some of the last work by beloved poet Marylen Grigas, who died in February 2017. Each one was illustrated by her niece, Riley McAlpine-Berthold, with whom Marylen had a remarkable collaborative relationship. We invite you to read about her struggles with cancer, the ironic illusion of home security, and...
From Our Pages: “The Jaw Drops Each Time,” an interview with Daniel M. Krause, sculptor.
“In all my art history classes, I had never read about a Western sculptor who had moved to China and let that culture influence his or her work. I wanted to be the first sculptor to do it.…” Going through models and maquettes in the studio, from ChinaDaily.com. Broad Street’s interview with international sculptor Daniel M. Krause...
Our Interview with Jeanette Winterson: “It’s Always Some Battle …”
“I didn’t intend to write a memoir. I was on a personal search for my biological mother, which I hadn’t intended to do either. You know what it’s like, the big things in life you never plan: you micromanage everything, and then the big things come along, and you never saw them, you never expected...
