letter from the editors:
The Periphery published our last issue five years ago. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we began to put together a special anniversary issue to connect and engage with people during self-quarantine. Then, as Black Lives Matter protests broke out across the globe, we felt more than ever the need to use our platform to amplify artists, authors and thinkers who are creatively expressing themselves at this unique historical moment. This one-time issue is positioned in relation to the interwoven crises taking place across the world, but, as always, The Periphery also seeks to intrigue and delight. To that end, we invite you to visit our new, experimental, and continually unfolding project, Chi's Cyber Cafe.
© 2020 Daisy Doodles, “Confidence Woman”
ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
This issue includes thoughts on the abolitionist movement, the Why-Oh-Whys, tellin' Moms about Islam, the eye of an insect, esoteric evocation, hugging the sun, persona non-grata, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, my dark safe cozy cell, arrows keening into hay bales, the rise of Fascism, the brute of Bethlehem, a place called Toronto, workplace militancy, and Schmulkie Popkin.
the virus in detroit
//philip conklin & mark jay
obey to disobey (audio essay)
//oiya (ft. kenneth cockrel, sr.)
on liberal democratic contradiction and its polar opposite fixes: fascism and democracy-as-human-rights
//kevin chamow
in the beginning…
//poem by james adrian
the old man living in my dreams
//poem by demetrius buckley
the prince of chides
//poem by john s. copeman
the gun
in the backyard
postwar blues
//poems by isaac ginsberg miller
a tale from the old country
//short story by benjamin feiler
the hippopotamus
//short story by rabab ahmed
of home
//prose by seven scott
depression or bliss
//prose by tanya willhelm
on the blog:
seven reflections on rebellion
//the periphery
cinderfella re-edit
//i feel fine films
come what may
//seven scott
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The Periphery published monthly issues from the team’s base in Detroit from April 2014 to September 2015. Now, The Periphery maintains a blog where writing is published on a rolling basis. View all archived issues at the links below. Also, check out our latest internet experiment, Chi’s Cyber Cafe.
// volume i [issues i-xii]
// volume ii [issues xiii-xviii]
// index
MOST POPULAR: POETRY & PROSE
1. There Will Come A Day (Issue XIII)
2. Purple Moons (Issue VI)
3. Gravitas (Issue X)
4. Navigating God (Issue VIII)
5. First Night at the Normal School (Issue IX)
MOST POPULAR: ON THE ARTS
1. Frames of Reference: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Issue II)
2. A Marxish Reading of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (Issue II)
3. Glitch It Good: Understanding the Glitch Art Movement (Issue IX)
4. Andy's Fucked Up Cave [on Toy Story] (Issue V)
5. To the Creators of The End of the Tour (Issue VI)
MOST POPULAR: ESSAYS
1. A Resident's Analysis (Issue II)
2. Inside Corktown: America's Most Dangerous Neighborhood (Issue XIV)
3. Yoga Tradition and Lulu-Ji (Issue XI)
4. On the Pacific Crest Trail [Part I](Issue IX)
5. A Letter to the Dearborn Heights District 7 School Board (Issue VII)
Click here to view a compilation of our best work
from Issue I (April '14) through Issue XII (March '15).
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RT @btsportfootball: "He had such an incredible passion for the game." "I've never seen anyone have such a beautiful affection with a f… https://t.co/zUb2ugi4Ka
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Zizek on US election: "Now we are at such a low point that getting a president who will not change anything is the… https://t.co/MoljN5wsbI