Half the Sky is Grey with Shame
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In this issue, Hussain Ahmed examines the fragments of life that echo through our days, no matter where we are, in his hybrid essay “Half the Sky is Grey with Shame.”
Lauren Davis explores love and grief in “Into the Sun.”
And Ben Weakly recalls stories from wars, both abroad and at home, in three poems beginning with “The Wooden Elephants of Herat.” These poems are excerpted from Weakly’s collection Heat + Pressure, which released this week from Middle West Press.
This issue features photographs by Marcus Selmer (1819 – 1900), a Danish photographer who is primarily remembered today for his portraits depicting the customs, traditions, and culture of the Norwegian people.
It is not immediately clear what drew Marcus Selmer (1819 – 1900), a Danish portrait photographer, to spend most of his life working in Norway. In 1852, Selmer travelled to Norway, to visit some of his uncle’s family in the city of Bergen. He never returned. Although his career was varied, Selmer is primarily remembered today for his portraits of local people in national folk costume, as shown here. These photographs depict the customs, traditions and culture of the Norwegian people, and reflect Selmer’s interest in his adopted home. From Public Domain Review.
