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Reviewers & Critics

A CONTRIBUTOR to the Boston Globe since 2007, Kate Tuttle became the newspaper's books editor in 2020. Over the past year and a half at the Globe she has interviewed an array of writers, including Kaveh Akbar, Rabih Alameddine, Lan Samantha Chang, Bernardine Evaristo, Gish Jen, Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, and Lisa Taddeo.

The Savvy Self-Publisher

DEBRA ENGLANDER is a consulting editor for Post Hill Press and a book coach who advises authors on the publishing industry, whether they're self-publishing or seeking a traditional publisher. She lives in New York City.

Matejka Leads Change at Poetry

Adrian Matejka became the new editor of Poetry in May-the first Black editor in the magazine's 110-year history.

HOW IT FELT

IN HER SECOND NOVEL, THE FURROWS: AN ELEGY, NAMWALI SERPELL CONJURES THE ROILING NATURE OF GRIEF IN A POWERFUL NARRATIVE THAT EXPLORES MEMORY, LOSS, AND BLACK IDENTITY WITHOUT RESTING ON WHAT SHE CALLS THE "MEANINGLESS PLATITUDE" THAT ART PROMOTES EMPATHY.

Reclaiming My Book

TRANSLATING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TO TEXT AND SOUND

My Life in Book BANNING

THE AUTHOR OF OF LAST YEAR'S MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS CONFRONTS A CAMPAIGN OF THREATS, CYBERATTACKS, AND DOXING IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA.

On Writing About Books

TEN PRO TIPS FOR THE FREELANCE REVIEWER

ARTIST PROFILE - Tommy Hamm

Like many others, I grew up interested in art in one form or another. I was evolving over the years through different mediums until finally settling into the airbrush.

Interview - Artist - Ellena Olson

Hello, my name is Ellena Olson, I am from Odesa Ukraine, and I want to tell you about my path in airbrushing, why I do this, and I love this business.

FREDDY SICOLI KILLER KREATIONS

Our Interview with Freddy Sicoli

Step by Step - Derek Banegas

Bio: Derek Banegas, owner of 9 to 5 Airbrush. I was raised in Hanford, CA. Derek got into art very young, building and painting models and airbrushing shirts for family members.

Step-by-Step - Cesar Deferrari

Surface: white cotton t-shirt Airbrushes: Badger Sotar 20/20; Badger Renegade Krome Paints: Eterna Soft (water base) Projector: Artograph Prism 3M masking tape

STEP-BY-STEP - Davide Salvadori

GRIZZLY AIRBRUSH - AIRBRUSH HORROR PAINTING

KEVIN BURDICK

It takes a lot of patience, talent, and dedication to make your way to the top of your profession and as hard to keep that position.

"Blow some my way"

THE DELINEATION OF DESIRE IN 1920s COMMERCIAL ILLUSTRATION

THE ART OF FRITZ WILLIS

Fritz Willis was born in Oklahoma in 1907, and raised in Boston.

THE ART OF RAYMOND JOHNSON

Raymond Sven (Ray) Johnson was a commercial illustrator who created iconic paperback book covers spanning all genres of fiction for Avon, Popular Library, Monarch and other publishers from the late 1940s through the early 1960s.

A Change of Pace

Instead of using paper and glass as a painting support, John Lovett outlines how to construct a rigid primed board

In the Best Light

Cheri Christensen concentrates on value, temperature and color relationships in her animal art

THE ARTIST AS ARCHIVIST

James Gurney shares his tips for preserving and interpreting your artwork

Violet Bohemian

THE ART OF THE PORTRAIT

The Muse

Figurative artist Craig Pursley discusses his experience working with the same model for six years, in which he produced over 100 paintings

Unlocking Discoveries

Abstract artist David Michael Slonim talks imagination, intuition and finding your own voice

Hustle and Bustle

Watercolorist Amit Kapoor captures movement and action in his city scenes using purposeful, sweeping brushstrokes

Bold as Brass

Ans Debije uses blades to carve impactful, painterly still lifes in oil

Art School TODAY

ART INDUSTRY INSIDER with Vanessa Rothe

Night of the Living Rez

Morgan Talty whose debut story collection, Night of the Living Rez, will be published in July by Tin House

She Is Haunted

Paige Clark whose debut story collection, She Is Haunted, was published in May by Two Dollar Radio

God’s Children

Arinze Ifeakandu whose debut story collection, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, was published in June by A Public Space Books

We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies

Tsering Yangzom Lama author of the novel We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies, published in May by Bloomsbury