Q&A | Arts Collective
“We wanted to create something that was based off of the music we wrote rather than the other way around. As a musician, it’s important to collaborate… If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” An interview with interdisciplinary musician Joshua M. Loell.
Read MoreBook Review
“Downing has constructed a world in which the role we occupy in other people’s minds and hearts is not only predetermined but actively stifling and painful.” Sophie Allen and Sarah Feng review Sammie Downing’s The Family That Carried Their House on Their Backs (Half-Mystic Press, 2019).
Read MoreThe Gatekeeping System
“As I wrestle with the facts of my situation and of any other trans person…specifically with the medical establishment’s obstinate refusal to reexamine the harmful practice of gatekeeping, I wonder if the refusal comes not after reasoned principal, but rather out of a fundamental distrust of the validity of trans peoples’, and all marginalized people’s, narratives.”
Read MoreAnthology Nominations
Congratulations to our 2020 Pushcart Prize nominees: Hari Alluri, Philip Schaefer, Mick Powell, Chidiebube onye Okohia, and Sean Enfield.
Read MoreInternships
A COUNTERCLOCK internship is a 12-week-long, unpaid program during the spring, summer or fall, offering interns the opportunity to explore working at an international literary arts publication.
Read MoreTattoos, Censorship, and Why Art Matters
Columnist Woody Woodger explores the poetic artifact of tattoos as a mode of self-expression. “What each tattoo is expressing is not really the interesting aesthetic value that’s being communicated. Rather, what is interesting about a tattooed body in public is that … art has consequences.”
Read MoreBook Review
“Again and again, Williams urges himself and his readers to ponder the scars, conflicts, and questions that haunt the landscape through which he leads us.” On the blog, Noreen Ocampo reviews John Sibley Williams’ Skin Memory (Backwaters Press, 2019).
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“Orpheus Girl is a testament to true love and resiliency, but it’s also a gorgeous, sharp-edged story that sometimes cuts too deep.” On the blog, Sophie Allen reviews Brynne Rebele-Henry’s Orpheus Girl (Penguin Random House, 2019).
Read MoreCrystal Healing
Columnist Woody Woodger explores the wealthy crystal healing industry – what is it? who is it for – through the lens of Ross Gay’s poem, “To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian.”
Read MoreBest of the Net
Congratulations to COUNTERCLOCK Journal’s 2019 Best of the Net nominees: David Freeman, Khaty Xiong, Maria Gray, Allison Hummel, John Goodhue, Terence Hannum, and Tyler Gof Barton.
Read MoreGrant Recipients
Congratulations to Erin O’Malley, Ernest O. Ogunyemi, and Maria Gray, 2019 Arts Collective fellows, who will receive mini-grants to pursue projects in the humanities.
Read MoreSaying goodbye to the 2019 Arts Collective fellows.
Read More22 fellows. 18 mentors. 4 weeks. Introducing our first class of Arts Collective fellows in creative writing, music, and visual art.
Read More“Memory is always colored by perception.” Three fellowship mentors explain the themes present in their artworks and give advice to emerging artists.
Read More“Mussels with Belgian choreographer Damien Jalet would be very cool.” Three fellowship mentors tells us of their inspirations and hopes in the arts.
Read More“I'm exploring darkness again, from a position of light.” Learn about three Arts Collective mentors in the 2nd installment of the Meet the Mentor mini-interviews.
Read MoreProgram director Sarah Feng gives tips on how to best represent yourself in your application to the 2019 Collective. Show us your magic.
Read More"Create every single day, no matter how you feel.” Advice, inspiration, and more from three Arts Collective mentors.
Read MoreFrom Chicago to Germany, our 2019 Arts Collective mentors are award-winning and passionate artists.
Read MoreCOUNTERCLOCK presents its inaugural summer arts fellowship for creative writers, artists, and musicians.
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