Arts & Culture Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/arts-culture/ A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:37:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Arts & Culture Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/arts-culture/ 32 32 229054741 Issei poetry between the world wars https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-3/issei-poetry-between-the-world-wars/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:40:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322842 Documents and diaries from the Issei Poetry Project at the Japanese American Community & Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California.

The rich history of Japanese-language literature challenges assumptions about what counts as U.S. art.

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]]> 322842 Nocturne https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-3/nocturne/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:35:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322791

A poem by Geri Doran.

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]]> 322791 The great Clean Girl vanishing act https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-great-clean-girl-vanishing-act/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322703

The search for an ‘invisible’ perfume is rooted in frontier aesthetics.

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]]> 322703 A cartography of loss in the Borderlands https://www.hcn.org/articles/a-cartography-of-loss-at-the-borderlands/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322630

Mexicali’s Colorado River Family Album documents what is no more.

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]]> 322630 Still Dead https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-2/poetry-still-dead/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 02:03:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=321836 Jill McDonough

A poem by Jill McDonough.

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]]> 321836 Natural Histrionics https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-1/poetry-natural-histrionics/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/poetry-natural-histrionics/

A poem by Adam O. Davis.

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]]> 321382 Know the West, cover by cover https://www.hcn.org/articles/news-know-the-west-cover-by-cover/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/news-know-the-west-cover-by-cover/ High Country News covers of 2023.

High Country News informs and inspires, and the magazine’s covers are part of the reason why. Here’s a peek into our process.

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]]> 321341 ‘Frybread Face and Me’ shows the complexity of Indigeneity https://www.hcn.org/articles/arts-culture-frybread-face-and-me-shows-the-complexity-of-indigeneity/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/arts-culture-frybread-face-and-me-shows-the-complexity-of-indigeneity/ Benny (Keir Tallman) in “Frybread Face and Me.”

Billy Luther’s new coming-of-age film shows characters grappling with city life juxtaposed against the reservation.

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]]> 321309 [Antedesolate: On the Western Set of Pioneer Town, California: How to Be a Black Cowboy] https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-12/antedesolate-on-the-western-set-of-pioneer-town-california-how-to-be-a-black-cowboy/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/antedesolate-on-the-western-set-of-pioneer-town-california-how-to-be-a-black-cowboy/

A poem by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith.

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]]> 321598 A sausage fusing Chinese and Mexican cultures is spicing up Tucson https://www.hcn.org/articles/food-a-sausage-fusing-chinese-and-mexican-cultures-is-spicing-up-tucson/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/food-a-sausage-fusing-chinese-and-mexican-cultures-is-spicing-up-tucson/ An artist’s rendering showing one possible location for the chorizo shaped sculpture that will honor Tucson's shared Mexican and Chinese heritage.

The Chinese Chorizo Festival is excavating buried histories of immigrant solidarity.

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