ROOT QUARTERLY: ART AND IDEAS FROM PHILADELPHIA
THE “FOUNDERS” ISSUE WILL SHIP NOVEMBER 1.
“A joy to leaf through—and read. It is heavily illustrated, with a mix of photographs, drawings, and comic panels, and it makes creative use of typography. The content includes an eclectic mix of essays, fiction, interviews, reviews, and recipes, making for a strong new title.”
“FOUNDERS” Double Issue
ESSAYS & Art
John Wood, Jr., national ambassador, Braver Angels, “A House Divided Cannot Stand” On the importance of continued engagement with our ‘enemies’
Angel Eduardo, board member, Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, “The Opportunity Cost for Artists On the Frontlines of the Culture War”
Nico Perrino, executive vice president, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, “The Past, Present, and Future of the First Amendment”
Ginger Rudolph, curator and arts consultant, “Mickalene Thomas at the Barnes Foundation”
Jocelyn Arnold, board member, Philadelphia Histories Project, “Daughter of the American Revolution” — a descendent of W.E. Dubois examines her relationship with her membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution
Lincoln Jones, founder, American Contemporary Ballet, “Ultimate Expression” — On the role of the founding artistic director
Roger Berkowitz, founder, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities at Bard College, “American Pluralism Reconsidered”
Lauren Leonard, RQ managing editor, “Cultural Evolution: the Future of the Philadelphia Mummers”
Interview with artist Shawn Theodore
Art by Charles Browning and others
“An ambitious, meticulously designed publication about arts, culture, politics, food, and Philadelphia. It offers journalism, fiction, poetry, photographs, graphics, and personal essays by a diverse and youthful crew of creatives... Clearly, RQ also is a place for writers to stretch... and for readers to follow.”
BOOKS
Excerpts, Reviews, and Interviews
Marilynne Robinson // Reading Genesis //
Dominic Green // The Religious Revolution //
Iain McGhilchrist // The Matter with Things
Nicholas Christakis // Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society //
Matthew Pearl // The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America //
Jeffrey Rosen // The Pursuit of Happiness
Albert Murray // The Omni Americans // essay by Greg Thomas
Will Storr // Selfie // essay by Walter Foley
Tyler Cowen // Stubborn Attachments // essay by Richard Vague
Coleman Hughes // The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
“A high-production arts and culture affair with fiction, poetry and essays... A New Yorker for Philly? Root Quarterly pulls inspiration from higher-brow general interest magazines like Harper’s, the Atlantic, California Sunday Magazine and the London-based Riposte.”