“1–800–441–9402,” a poem by Sue Chenette.
Working the airwaves and the phones. “… their ‘before’ photos not much different from my own face glimpsed in the mirror …” To enjoy this feature as a broadside, drag it to your desktop and enlarge or print … Or simply scroll down to read the poem in plain text. 1–800–441–9402 Road-bleary still, sluggish after short sleep, wondering if...
“The Beauty in Violence,” a poem by Stuart Gunter.
“At last, we snap to the pain, the need to be felt …” Enjoy this poem as a broadside by dragging the image to your desktop — or scroll down to read as plain text. It is available, in slightly different format, on Medium. The Beauty in Violence for James One day, driving my son to school: Hey,...
“Reenactors.” A photo essay by Chad Hunt.
“The uniforms have changed, but we are still confronting the realities of war and what it means to place yourself within it.” Investigating the modern individual’s connection to warfare, a prominent photojournalist turns his camera on American reenactors of two watershed wars: the American Revolution and World War I. From our Winter/Spring 2019 issue, “Rivals & Players.”...
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“Ghosts of the Walldogs”: What fading advertisements tell us about ourselves. An essay by Michael Griffith.
” The public square could be a riotous free-for-all for those with businesses, events, or ideas to publicize …” A ghost to be identified below. Ghosts of the Walldogs What fading advertisements tell us about ourselves. From our Winter 2019 issue, “Rivals & Players.” By Michael Griffith * These days, when advertisers talk about competing for eyeballs in “the...
Images of the Secret Self: Chad Hunt’s Halloween Portraits.
In which a world-famous photojournalist turns his lens on the neighborhood children as they live their dreams on one magical night …. Chad Hunt is one of BROAD STREET’s favorite people, as anyone who has picked up a copy of the magazine can tell. He’s a prizewinning photo journalist whose work has run...
