When Archives Meet Art and ContestsBy Ghia Vitale  Photo Credit: Christine Sloan Stoddard. Harbour Ghost (2017). REMIX is a contest that showcases archive-inspired art and literary submissions. Check out this exclusive interview with Sonya Coleman, the coordinator of REMIX.
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A Grotesque, Three-Headed MarionetteBy Christoper Sloce  Politicians lie. Politicians lie because all professions lie, as a series of conspiracies against the laity.
So under that understanding, what do we call a lie, then? Is a statistically convenient talking point a lie? Wicked Cool and Fighting BackBy Rachel Rivenbark  Photo Courtesy of U.S. Girls Website Sometimes in life, there are people and groups that you will have the great fortune of encountering who have this seemingly undefinable, magnetic energy about them. This is particularly applicable in the music industry, where blood and tears and loss and ecstasy intertwine and breathe life into otherwise unnameable emotion... Falling under the wicked cool musical genre of experimental pop, U.S. Girls is one such group.
Founded in 2007 by Illinois native Meghan Remy (born Meghan Ann Uremovich), U.S. Girls has risen to stardom through their beautifully surreal, deep-cutting performances that just earlier this year earned them a spot at Coachella, where they positively shone. And just earlier this week, I was extremely fortunate to get the opportunity to interview the esteemed Ms. Remy herself, about both the formation of U.S. Girls and her upcoming plans for the group. Reflecting On A Comic, Almost A Decade Later Sometimes it takes so long to complete a creative project that you wonder if it will come into the world full of cobwebs. I wrote the script for Bus 900 while studying at a summer writers and artists workshop my university held at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. The year was 2010 and I was 21 years old. I had recently founded Quail Bell Magazine and spent much of my study abroad experience envisioning where to take it. At that point, I didn’t have much to show for it, except for a simple live website with a few stories, poems, and illustrations published on it. During that time, I was visiting haunted castles, volunteering for a nonprofit theater, and immersing myself in Scottish literature and art. I remember late nights spent reading, writing, drawing, and editing video. There was also plenty of goofy GChatting with my then-boyfriend (now husband!) and the person engaged to my brother-in-law back then. The Geneva-based fiancée was restless because she had no friends in her study abroad group and wanted to talk to someone in the same time zone. In the exploitative way many of us writers are guilty of, I used her for more than one character study. I don’t know what she’s up to now, but I recognize her in some of my characters when I read my old stories. To be clear, Bus 900 is not one of them.
Quail Bell News: Poet Emily Paskevics Makes Mesmerizing Video To Celebrate Poetry Acceptance8/28/2019 Peach-Skull-Hunger
By The Editors
Imagine our surprise and delight when poet Emily Paskevics recently made this Instagram video to commemorate her 2018 Quail Bell Magazine publication:
There Is A Reason I Make Masks Art by Steven Warrick For the longest time, I have wrestled with the concept of being "not enough." They are words that have seemed to follow me.
They have escaped the mouths of ex-lovers in parting, employers in layoffs, would-be friends in vanishing, people considering my career as an artist, designer, performer, whatever, and of course anything financial. And it bothers me most because they are words that describe a person who isn't trying or incomplete somehow. Who is lazy, careless, or daft, or pathetically and hopelessly lame. That ain't me. I don't wonder what the status quo is for being enough anymore. It no longer seems relevant. One Magical Moment It was a scorching August afternoon in Long Island the day I met Quail Bell senior editor and writer, Ghia Vitale, at her home. We had been discussing doing a photo shoot for months. The day had finally arrived and Ghia had ordered a vibrant red ensemble just in time. I also had an exciting offering. At the last minute before leaving my Brooklyn apartment, I scoped the hall closet and grabbed a box I'd never opened. It contained a unicorn inflatable I had probably bought three years ago. Though I vowed to use it in a photo shoot, I had yet to follow through on that promise. Watching Ghia as she applied her red eyeshadow and Miranda Sings lipstick to match, I knew that was about to change.
An Entire Occult Journey On Paper
By Ghia Vitale
Photo Credit: Amazon
Reading …and the willow smiled by Jacob Moses lets you peek into a neighboring dimension that’s made of poetry. The poetry in this book primarily focuses on spirituality and the occult, so it’s a perfect read for anyone who’s into mysticism.
Quail Bell Fledgling As JailbirdBy The Editors  Our founding editor Christine Sloan Stoddard is going to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.! Here's what she recently wrote in a Facebook event page created for the show:
Applause For ClapBy Ghia Vitale  Photo Credit: YouTube Clap is a short film that’s written and directed by Allison Raskin. As reflected by the video’s namesake, STI destigmatization is central to the plot. As such, I think this film provides realistic representation that serves as a helpful step towards destigmatizing STIs.
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