Questions the Winter Barn Never Answers or Asks

Barn in Snow, 2016 (watercolor on paper) by Lena ThynellLena Thynell

Questions the Winter Barn Never Answers or Asks
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO

– for Barn in Snow, 2016 (watercolor on paper) by Lena Thynell. Image courtesy of the artist. See more by Lena Thynell at: www.LenaThynellWatercolor.com.

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Swing / Columpio

Ginn Arias Bello

Swing / Columpio {print here/imprimir aquí}
VIDEO & TRANSLATION BY / VÍDEO Y TRADUCCIÓN DE GINN ARIAS BELLO
POEMA DE / POEM BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO

English / Inglés

Español / Spanish

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Made with gratitude & the shared energies of the Can Serrat International Art Residency / Hecho con agradecimiento y las energías compartidas de la Residencia Internacional de Artistas Can Serrat.

My Mermaid’s Mouth

The fired stoneware sculpture Tetrarc 5 by Antra Sinha, photographed by Joginder Singh.Antra Sinha (Photo by: Joginder Singh)

My Mermaid’s Mouth
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO

—for Tetrarc 5, 2007 (18 inches ht. anagama fired stoneware) by Antra Sinha. Photo by: Joginder Singh. Image courtesy of the artist.

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Art of the Body: Curated by Stacie Bird

Robert Hale stands before his photo "Sick Boy" with subject Justin Kephart at Art of the Body (Photo by: Stacie Bird)Robert Hale, his photograph Sick Boy, and subject Justin Kephart (Photo by: Stacie Bird)

Art of the Body: Curated by Stacie Bird {print here}
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO

—for the Art of the Body exhibit at the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania Downtown Gallery, June 7-30, 2019 (various artists & mediums) curated by Stacie Bird. Images appear with the permission of the artists.

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Unsung

Do Ho Suh

Unsung {print here}
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO
First appeared in RHINO

—for the Unsung Founders Memorial (UNC Chapel Hill), 2005 (black granite, bronze sculpture) by Do Ho Suh. Image made available by The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History (UNC Chapel Hill)/Virtual Black and Blue Tour.

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Rings of Pink, Enheduanna

Diane Samuels

Rings of Pink, Enheduanna
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO 
First appeared in CALYX 

—for Autobiography of Alice B.Toklas/Testimony Against Gertrude Stein, 2011 (ink on handmade paper, coated in pulverized rose petals) by Diane Samuels. Image courtesy of the artist and the Pavel Zoubok Gallery. Featured in the Woskob Family Gallery “Summer Reading” Exhibition, Jun 14 – Sep 8, 2018.

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La Femme

Diane Samuels

La Femme
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO 
First appeared in CALYX 

—from Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas/Testimony Against Gertrude Stein, 2011 (ink on handmade paper, coated in pulverized rose petals) by Diane Samuels — featured in the Woskob Family Gallery “Summer Reading” Exhibition, Jun 14 – Sep 8, 2018 — and from The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933: 41-44, & 50) by Gertrude Stein. Image courtesy of the artist and the Pavel Zoubok Gallery.

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The Aftermath

Jerome Witkin

The Aftermath {print here}
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO
First appeared in Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press)

–for The Act of Judith, 1979-1980 (narrative painting) by Jerome Witkin. Image courtesy of The Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA.

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Lessons, Lessons, Lessons

Salem Lessons opened with pages in mid-turnMaureen Cummins and Nicole Cooley

Lessons, Lessons, Lessons
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO

—for Salem Lessons, 2010 (rare book, offset print on Johannot paper, silkscreen print images, accordion fold binding, handmade endpapers, vintage writing slate covers) poetry by Nicole Cooley, book art by Maureen Cummins. Exhibited in “The Secret Lives of Girls and Women” at the Special Collections Library at Penn State, Jan 29 – Sep 1, 2019 (curated by Clara Drummond and Julie M. Porterfield) and is available to consult. Images appear with the permission of the artist and poet. 

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“If I,” an Indian Country Today Collage

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

“If I,” an Indian Country Today Collage {print here}
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO
First appeared in Four Chambers 05

—for Indian Country Today, 1996 (acrylic and collage on canvas) by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Image courtesy of The Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA. Courtesy Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

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The Untitled

Cindy Sherman

The Untitled {print here}
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO
First appeared in Four Chambers 05

—for Untitled #404, 2000 (cibachrome photo print) by Cindy Sherman. Accessed by The Broad, Los Angeles, CA, on January 18, 2001.

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When the Language Was Young

James Nares

When the Language Was Young {print here}
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO
First appeared in Centered (Summer 2018) & heard in the Telepoem Booth

—for When The Language Was Young, 2010 (lithograph on yupo) by James Nares. Image made available by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) Museum website. Courtesy of James Nares and the Paul Kasmin Gallery.

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Watercolor with Stan

Stanley Person

Watercolor with Stan {print here}
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO
First appeared in Poems from Life

—for an untitled, 2013/2014 (watercolor painting) by Stanley Person (based on a black & white photo, circa 1920). Images courtesy of the artist.

Cracking

Aaron Siskind

Cracking
BY NICOLE MIYASHIRO

—for Arizona (Jerome), 1949 (gelatin silver print) by Aaron Siskind. Image courtesy of The Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA.