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PEOPLE THINKING THOUGHTS ON THINGS SINCE 2003 | IMAGE: NOAH SATERSTROM

Columns | Tarpaulin Sky Magazine
PEOPLE THINKING THOUGHTS ON THINGS SINCE 2003 | IMAGE: NOAH SATERSTROM
Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: a conversation with Mark Mayer
Figuring is a monthly column that puzzles over (to figure) and gives shape to (a figure) writing, art, and environments that integrate or concern mathematics and the sciences.
James Pate’s Evening Signals: Candice Wuehle’s “Death Industrial Complex”
"We talk about cult movies, even cult books, as having a “cult following” in order to describe the passionate but relatively small fan base of that work; and yet buried in that phrase is the notion of the cult – that group who has torn itself away from consensus reality to form their own counter reality." — James Pate
Holistic Method Musick Exercises (part 2)
Three more ways to fine-tune your magickal musicianship: "Transliterization"; "The Julian Cope 'Stone Circles N You' exercise ('channeling')"; and "Neo-Trux-ian Post-Waits-ian acoustical campfire composition."
“Original Obsessions”: Interview with Valerie Hsiung
Original Obsessions seeks to discover the origins of writerly curiosity -- the gestation and development of these imaginings -- focusing on early fixations that burrowed into an author's psyche and that reappear in their current book. In this installment, Julia Cohen and Abby Hagler interview Valerie Hsiung, author of You & Me Forever.
James Pate’s Evening Signals: Germán Sierra’s “The Artifact”
"Here, fiction is never used to illustrate theory. Rather, the concepts are expressed in language so particular, and in circumstances that create such specific moods and ambiences, that to try to extract the theory from the fiction leads to a reductive misreading of the text. " - James Pate
Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: Review of Carrie Tiffany’s “Exploded View”
Figuring is a monthly column that puzzles over (to figure) and gives shape to (a figure) writing, art, and environments that integrate or concern mathematics and the sciences. This month's column reviews Australian author Carrie Tiffany's novel, Exploded View.
Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: a conversation with Mark Mayer
Figuring is a monthly column that puzzles over (to figure) and gives shape to (a figure) writing, art, and environments that integrate or concern mathematics and the sciences.
James Pate’s Evening Signals: Candice Wuehle’s “Death Industrial Complex”
"We talk about cult movies, even cult books, as having a “cult following” in order to describe the passionate but relatively small fan base of that work; and yet buried in that phrase is the notion of the cult – that group who has torn itself away from consensus reality to form their own counter reality." — James Pate
Holistic Method Musick Exercises (part 2)
Three more ways to fine-tune your magickal musicianship: "Transliterization"; "The Julian Cope 'Stone Circles N You' exercise ('channeling')"; and "Neo-Trux-ian Post-Waits-ian acoustical campfire composition."
“Original Obsessions”: Interview with Valerie Hsiung
Original Obsessions seeks to discover the origins of writerly curiosity -- the gestation and development of these imaginings -- focusing on early fixations that burrowed into an author's psyche and that reappear in their current book. In this installment, Julia Cohen and Abby Hagler interview Valerie Hsiung, author of You & Me Forever.
James Pate’s Evening Signals: Germán Sierra’s “The Artifact”
"Here, fiction is never used to illustrate theory. Rather, the concepts are expressed in language so particular, and in circumstances that create such specific moods and ambiences, that to try to extract the theory from the fiction leads to a reductive misreading of the text. " - James Pate
Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: Review of Carrie Tiffany’s “Exploded View”
Figuring is a monthly column that puzzles over (to figure) and gives shape to (a figure) writing, art, and environments that integrate or concern mathematics and the sciences. This month's column reviews Australian author Carrie Tiffany's novel, Exploded View.