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[maryaspontlemus]

For this installment of “Beyond the Page,” I interviewed Tanuja Devi Jagernauth—Indo-Caribbean playwright, dramaturg, organizer—about how her practices in theater, prison abolition, healing justice, and transformative justice interconnect; creating spaces for BIPOC theater-makers; doing mutual aid during and beyond the pandemic; and how she challenges systems of oppression and struggles for collective liberation through her work.

Read the interview on the Sixty Inches from Center website. Jagernauth’s short play, To Know A Neighbor, is also embedded within the article!

Image description #1: Tanuja Devi Jagernauth. In this medium close-up photo, a self-portrait, Jagernauth looks at the camera with a firm expression. She wears glasses, red lipstick, hoop earrings, a headwrap, and a black cardigan over a black shirt that reads “WE DON’T PLAY,” repeated. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Image description #2: A digital illustration with four overlapping quadrants. In the top left-hand corner, three bees face a section of honeycomb. In the bottom left-hand corner, two people smile behind transparent face masks, each person holding part of a bag’s handle. The bag depicts a heart against a tree, with a broad circle behind that. In the bottom right-hand corner, a hand holds a pencil poised above the first line of a new sheet of paper. In the top right-hand corner, hand-written words float in the air (action, mutual aid, building, alignment, restructuring, bravery, struggle, ideas, collaboration), with dark blue, purple, and pink shading behind each. The left side of the illustration is yellow, the right side is blue, and they fade together to make green in the middle. Illustration by Teshika Silver (@astratesh).

[worldfoodbooks]

NEW IN THE BOOKSHOP: FROM THE CENTER : FEMINIST ESSAYS ON WOMEN’S ART by Lucy R. Lippard (1976) Scarce first 1976 printing of this fantastic and now rarely seen book collection of essays by internationally acclaimed writer, art critic, activist and curator, Lucy R. Lippard. “FROM THE CENTER : Feminist Essays on Women’s Art” is broken into three sections: GENERAL ESSAYS, MONOGRAPHS, and FICTION. GENERAL ESSAYS include 12 major essays such as “”Sexual Politics : Art Style”, “Household Images in Art”, “Fragments”, “What is Female Imagery”, “Making Up: Role-Playing and Transformation in Women’s Art”, “The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: European and American Women’s Body Art”, “The Womens’ Art Movement – What Next?” and more. MONOGRAPHS is made up of writings dedicated to single artists, including essays on the work of Eva Hesse, Adrian Piper, Jo Baer, Joan Mitchell, Hanne Darboven, Ree Morton, Louise Bourgeois, Faith Ringgold, Yvonne Rainer, Nancy Graves and many more. A suburb collection, illustrated throughout with examples of the work written about, including a colour plate section. One copy in the bookshop and via our website. #worldfoodbooks #lucylippard #fromthecenter #1976 #louisebourgeois (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)

[brechopatua-blog]

Uma Jornada Interior - From the Centre (Sara Marriott) - R$ 5. Algumas pessoas se mostram ansiosas por assumir riscos, desejosas de se tornarem pioneiras em áreas desconhecidas à nossa consciência. Outras mostram-se interessadas em assistir a aventuras, como pela televisão, permanecendo no conforto da rotina, que lhes torna a vida mais segura. Do centro do meu Ser, do centro do Templo da Totalidade na minha meditação, do centro de Findhorn, onde no correr dos anos tanto se aprendeu, partilho essas centelhas da aventura interior. #FromTheCenter #SaraMarriott #meditação #interior #livro #zen

[pheonixchicken]

Taking it easy today. #365art #onemandalaaday #yellowandgreen #wheel #fromthecenter #instaartist #instaart #dailydrawing #markers

[chicagomusicguide]

Hey everyone! Hope you are doing well today! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! You have until midnight tonight to help support all these fine media outlets that are part of the Chicago Independent Media Alliance Please visit: https://www.savechicagomedia.org/ for more information and to help. #savechicagomedia Thank you very much! @chiindymedia @airgoradio @thechicagocru @chicago_reader @chicagoreporter @chirpradio @ciceroindependiente @city_bureau @e3radio @annadeshawn @freespiritchi @insidepublications @_injusticewatch @invisibleinstitute @kartemquin @chi.koreatimes @leftoutmag @loopnorthnews @newcitymag @north_lawndale_news @publicnarrative @rebelliousmagazine @rivet.radio @fromthecenter @soapboxpo @southshorecurrent @southsideweekly @streetwise_chi @studentexpress @thirdcoastreview @west_of_the_ryan_current @windycitytimes #fundraiser #raisingmoney #independentmedia #newspaper #blogger #blog #journalism #journalist #localnews #news #globalnews #citizen #reader #people #stayinformed #staysafe (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEN1mMj_xG/?igshid=gqbb3yrqcly2

[reaverjenn]

Peppercorn and Rose is officially complete. It took longer than I planned but that's okay. She fits nicely on top of a queen size bed. I'm pretty darn proud of her. Susan Bates 5.00mm hook Paintbox Simply Aran yarns got from Lovecrafts #filthyfairysundries #crochet #crochetofinstagram #crocheter #crochetaddict #crochetersofinstagram #paintboxyarns #lovecrafts #handmadewithlove #handmadeisbetter #yarn #crochetlove #ilovecrochet #crochetworkinprogress #wip #workinprogress #crochetwip #whatsonmyhook #makersgonnamake #makersmovement #calledtocreate #calledtobecreative #peppercornandrose #spicemarketcal #centerout #fromthecenter #theguywiththehook #susanbates #makersgonnamake #paintboxsimplyaran #lovecraftscom (at Moore, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9f2HZyJjMJ/?igshid=1tx18v1ipeb85

[teddybrwne]

RT @AllSidesNow: #FromTheCenter: World coronavirus updates: Recoveries exceed 300,000 | Reporting by @axios #CoronavirusFacts https://t.co/1ZAlWP8vLk

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[thelesmich]

So thankful for this rambling, rich spread! @florypluma thank you for holding space for this interview and transcribing it! @fromthecenter http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/gardens-in-open-spaces-an-interview-with-leslie-rose/ #artist #artistsoninstagram #artistlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BnU2D4NAAvt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rf8skmhgpbtw

[instapicsil1]

Why DEMO matters by Patrick Collier on the list! 🏠❤🏠 #repost @fromthecenter ・・・ We've got a list of the top 10 most-read articles that had you spending quality time with Sixty in 2017, brought to you by writers S. Nicole Lane, Tempestt Hazel, Sasha Tycko, Sabrina E Greig, Patrick Collier, Maya Mackrandilal, and Nina Wexelblatt. Link in bio. 🖤🖤🖤 http://ift.tt/2CdkOiJ

[veganwomanmade-blog]

❤️💛💚💙💜👐🏿🖤 HAPPY PRIDE :: Check out an interview over at @fromthecenter that features @cqqchifruit who has provided the soundscape for VWM. ❤️💛💚💙💜👐🏿🖤 Fresh off the Press: "My life now is this interesting process of trying to recover these elements of heritage that I haven’t had access to. It’s all about the body, mind, spiritual connection, which I think is so important to sexuality." -- As part of the Intimate Justice column, writer S. Nicole Lane interviews #JacquelynCarmenGuerrero about heritage, performance, and #ChicagoMusic. [📷: Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero. Photo credit: Alexus McLane] (at Chicago, Illinois)

[maryaspontlemus]

Today in gratitude: I wrote a short personal essay about love notes (among other things), which would literally have not been possible without dear friends (or careful readers).

Sending particular thanks to Udita, Myrna, Alfredo, Sahar, Christina, and Andrés, and a shimmering wave of love beyond that.

The piece, On Hoarding Love Notes, and Other Gifts of Community and Anxiety, is online now.

Image description: The author and a friend, both visible from hips upward, embrace each other in Davis Square Park in August 2019. It is nighttime but the foreground is bright. In the background are a playground, a walkway, trees, and what appears to be a paleta cart (William Estrada’s Mobile Street Art Cart). Photo by Alfredo Romo; cropped version of original used with permission.

[worldfoodbooks]

NEW IN THE BOOKSHOP: FROM THE CENTER : FEMINIST ESSAYS ON WOMEN’S ART by Lucy R. Lippard (1976) Scarce first 1976 printing of this fantastic and now rarely seen book collection of essays by internationally acclaimed writer, art critic, activist and curator, Lucy R. Lippard. “FROM THE CENTER : Feminist Essays on Women’s Art” is broken into three sections: GENERAL ESSAYS, MONOGRAPHS, and FICTION. GENERAL ESSAYS include 12 major essays such as “”Sexual Politics : Art Style”, “Household Images in Art”, “Fragments”, “What is Female Imagery”, “Making Up: Role-Playing and Transformation in Women’s Art”, “The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: European and American Women’s Body Art”, “The Womens’ Art Movement – What Next?” and more. MONOGRAPHS is made up of writings dedicated to single artists, including essays on the work of Eva Hesse, Adrian Piper, Jo Baer, Joan Mitchell, Hanne Darboven, Ree Morton, Louise Bourgeois, Faith Ringgold, Yvonne Rainer, Nancy Graves and many more. A suburb collection, illustrated throughout with examples of the work written about, including a colour plate section. One copy in the bookshop and via our website. #worldfoodbooks #lucylippard #fromthecenter #1976 #reemorton (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)

[maryaspontlemus]

For this installment of “Beyond the Page,” I interviewed fiction writer and high school English teacher Sahar Mustafah about her debut novel, The Beauty of Your Face. We spoke about her process of drafting, crafting, and publishing the book; how her writing and teaching inform each other; and key experiences—and women—that have shaped her as an author.

Read the interview on the Sixty Inches from Center website.

Image description: Sahar Mustafah stands inside a bookstore, reaching up to pull a book off a shelf. She wears a long-sleeved black turtleneck dress and large hoop earrings. Bookshelves full of books fill the space behind and around her. Photo by Mark Blanchard.

[maryaspontlemus]

For this installment of “Beyond the Page,” I interviewed writer Sharanya Sharma about her MFA thesis project, “Set Fire to This Crooked House,” a poetry collection that she is in the process of developing into a book. We spoke this summer about how her poems re-envision Hindu mythology and critique histories of colonization, especially in relation to museum culture; how acts of retelling can help keep stories alive; and the broader impacts she hopes her work has.

Read the interview on the Sixty Inches from Center website. Three poems from “Set Fire to This Crooked House” are published on Sixty here.

Featured image: Sharanya Sharma. Sharma sits with hands folded on a white table, with copies of “Set Fire to This Crooked House” and multi-colored notebooks in the foreground. Sharma wears a marigold cardigan open over a black and white striped shirt and smiles at the camera. Behind Sharma are several pastel throw pillows and a large plant, and natural light comes through the windows. Photo by Kristie Kahns Photography.

[maryaspontlemus]

For this installment of “Beyond the Page,” I interviewed the eloquent, thoughtful, and visionary Regina Martinez, Threewalls’ Artist and Artistic Engagement Manager, about the In-Session program—a critical interdisciplinary salon that incorporates reading, conversation, and performance together, now entering its third season. We spoke about the ideas and values behind In-Session, the theme she chose for its current season, sensitivities of working between artists and institutions, and Martinez’s own path to and through this work.

Read the interview on the Sixty Inches from Center website.

Featured image: Regina Martinez (center) at Threewalls in March 2019, participating in an In-Session by Maya Mackrandilal, with collaborators Udita Upadhyaya and Enid Muñoz and original performance for video by Bhanu Kapil, in response to the guiding work “Schizophrene” by Bhanu Kapil. In this wide shot, Martinez and more than a dozen audience members stand in the middle of the wood floor at Threewalls, as Mackrandilal and Muñoz stretch fluorescent pink ribbon around and between them all. The room is low-lit, with some additional fragments of light reflecting onto the audience members from a video projection off-camera. Martinez wears black and white and a long black sweater. Most audience members wear sweaters, scarves, boots, and/or hats. Photo by Milo Bosh. Courtesy of Threewalls.

[maryaspontlemus]

For this installment of “Beyond the Page,” I interviewed the brilliant, energetic, and ever-supportive Chelsea Fiddyment, the creator and emcee of Unreal—a fiction-focused, experimental open mic, now in its fourth year. In late June, I spoke with Chelsea about their reasons for starting Unreal, their own practice as a writer and performer, and the importance of creating welcoming spaces for experimentation.

Read the interview on the Sixty Inches from Center website!

Featured image: Chelsea Fiddyment performing at Unreal at Schubas. Fiddyment stands at the front of the room, notebook in hand, speaking into a microphone while looking out at the audience. Behind Fiddyment is a copper-colored wall, made of a grid of low-relief tiles; above that are several decorative beer cans on a ledge and a dark green section of wall. Fiddyment wears a black cropped tee and red and gold sequined shorts. The backs of some audience members’ heads are fuzzy in the foreground. Photo by Joshua Clay Johnson.