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Crimson Rise •

A Guide to the Top Performing Arts Boarding Schools in the U.S.

Thanks to their residential environment, the following top boarding schools in the U.S. can provide immersive support around the clock. Their well-balanced curriculum typically combines rigorous college-prep academics with conservatory-level instruction in disciplines like dance, theater, visual arts, music, and film. In this guide, I’ll help curious parents and ambitious young artists discover the performing arts boarding school with the right environment, resources, and values for them. Interl...
Crimson Rise •

A Complete Guide to Applying to Phillips Exeter Academy From a Former Student

My dreams of attending Phillips Exeter Academy began in middle school when I first discovered it had a seemingly infinite library, filled with wooden reading books and spectacular spiraling staircases. As a serious student from a young age, who had been placed in advanced classes, I was drawn to Exeter’s commitment to learning–it made school seem like an honorable, lofty institution that was shaping the brightest young minds of tomorrow. At Exeter, I imagined no one would tease me for reading at...
Kundiman •

Poetry & Disability Justice with The Poetry Coalition

Kundiman is once again participating in the Poetry Coalition's March-themed programming! The Poetry Coalition is a national alliance made of more than 25 independent poetry organizations across the United States dedicated to working together to promote the value poets bring to our culture and lives.

As a founding member of the Poetry Coalition, Kundiman presents programming on a theme of social importance each March. This year’s theme is “The future lives in our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justi...
Kundiman •

Asian American Feminist Writing Workshop Archive

Asian American Feminist Writing WorkshopFebruary 2021–May 2021Presented by Kundiman & Asian American Feminist CollectiveThis program was made possible with support from Asian Women Giving Circle.The inaugural Feminist Writing Workshop was organized by Kundiman in collaboration with the Asian American Feminist Collective to foster a safe space for writers to explore the unique history of Asian American feminist writing and how it influences their own work. The workshop was an important part of Ku...
Kundiman •

Kundiman Postcard Project

This year’s Kundiman Postcard Project will involve weekly prompts, helpful links, and lots of writing! Kundiman Fellows will be mailing one another one postcard poem each day while meditating on the theme of poetry and environmental justice. We hope to create a sense of community in these difficult times through the sending and receiving of physical mail. Join us by writing your own postcard poems and sending them to your loved ones! If you send a photo of your postcard(s) to julia@kundiman.org...
Quarto •

Shinran Shonin, or, a Hidden Buddhist Statue by Julia Flasphaler

I first noticed the statue about a year ago, returning home from one of those long walks I could report to my therapist about—proof that maybe I was returning, that whatever brand of millennial mental breakdown I had experienced was real, but lifting. The large bronze statue looked down at me from its perch in front of the church. A placard read that it had survived the atomic bombing in Hiroshima. A few years later, it had been moved to New York as a symbol of peace. An angry red band near its...
The Blue and White •

Blue Notes, Orientation 2018

During daylight hours, I don’t look at the statues around campus much. Warmer bodies rush past me, off to class, to meetings, to whatever must be done today to graduate later, reminding me of my own duty to be scholarly.Only when night falls do I truly stare. Each statue then seems to embody a temporal moment, a snapshot, of the form infinitely suspended in an act between movements. I have all the time in the world to parse the depths of their expressions. I t takes darkness to appreciate the qu...
Salon •

Watch: Patagonia ad calls out corporate takeover of public land

On Sunday, Patagonia released its first TV commercial since its founding 44 years ago. Rather than selling outdoor gear, the one-minute commercial comes out against the selling off of America's national parkland to private interests.

The ad features the clothing company's founder, Yvon Chouinard, who asks viewers to pressure Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to protect public lands. Zinke gave President Trump recommendations this week to shrink four outdoor national monuments, as a followup to Trum...
Ratrock Magazine •

MORGANA VAN PEEBLES

Photography by Clara Hirsch
Interviewed by Julia Flasphaler

When did you start making art?
I can’t remember, honestly. When I was younger I wanted to be a writer because I thought that it would take me all over the world. I used to make these really extensive sketches of covers, but then when you went to open the book, the pages were just scribbled lines. My parents would ask me what the books were about and I would see it in my head - I would frame them in terms of actors and lighting. I think at...