Authors: Peter Eckhardt
![Authentic Nature: Lisa Thompson’s Wild Wasatch Front](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LisaThompson-2-1024x683.webp)
Authentic Nature: Lisa Thompson’s Wild Wasatch Front
Human society and nature are usually viewed as opposites, but in her book Wild Wasatch Front, Thompson and the NHMU draw on urban ecology to dispel that myth. … read more
![Frogs, Swords and Drawing Boards: B. Pope’s Kermann Comics](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/B-Pope-SLUG_3-683x1024.webp)
Frogs, Swords and Drawing Boards: B. Pope’s Kermann Comics
“I really love art from people who aren’t formally trained. You just see something that’s so different than what you’re going to see anywhere else.” … read more
![“Something Super Bizarre and Fucked Up”: Literature as Play with Author Michael Farfel](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Michael-Farfel-Portraits-2-1024x683.webp)
“Something Super Bizarre and Fucked Up”: Literature as Play with...
Through Reluctant Journey, Farfel argues that play is the most potent cure for malaise and that, in creativity, we find freedom. … read more
![Through Suffering, Hope: The Healing Power of Betsy L. Ross’ The Bones of the World](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/betylross-1024x658.webp)
Through Suffering, Hope: The Healing Power of Betsy L. Ross’...
Ross’ tale of finding meaning in suffering is a deeply affecting balm worthy of countering the malaise of the 2020s. … read more