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So What Now? A Reflection on Helene and Beyond

by JD Ellison Tia Nicole Photography. As we inch closer to 2025, I find myself wondering not just what we’ll carry forward, but what...

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What James Earl Jones can teach us about activism and art in times of crisis

by Dominic Taylor James Earl Jones preps in the dressing room before performing as Jack Jefferson in ‘The Great White Hope’ in December...

Dorothy Allison was an authentic voice for the poor, capturing the beauty, humor and pain of working-class life in America

by Lennard J. Davis Dorothy Allison, who died on Nov. 5, 2024 , published her first novel, “ Bastard Out of Carolina ,” in 1992, when she...

A Beautiful, Twisted, Poly/Pan Spiral

by JD Ellison **Disclaimer: I wrote this piece in 2021, and while I stand by it, I'm not sure that the 2021 version of me fully...

What the ancient Indian text Bhagavad Gita can teach about not putting too much of our identity and emotions into work

by Robert J. Stephens A 2023 Gallup poll found that U.S. employees are generally unhappy at work. The number of those who feel angry and...

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Protecting the Vibe: DJ Lil Meow Meow and the Politics of the Dance Floor

Profile by Asheville Guide. Photography by Anthony Bellemare. DJ Lil Meow Meow by Anthony Bellemare. In Asheville’s crowded creative...

Chris Gallaway: Stories from the Wild and the Value of Slowing Down

Profile by Asheville Guide. Photography by Anthony Bellemare. Chris Gallaway by Anthony Bellemare. Henry David Thoreau once wrote,...

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Anthony Bellemare: The Photographer Who Sees the Hero in Everyone

How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality

As more Americans go ‘no contact’ with their parents, they live out a dilemma at the heart of Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’

In praise of the weird