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"As birds sing to survive, although they don’t have to." (Maureen Evans on Aubade)

"As birds sing to survive, although they don’t have to." (Maureen Evans on Aubade)

Dawn is portentous as any moment.

Music, Personal Essay, LiteratureGuestApril 27, 2019Maureen Evans

Half Mystic Radio, Season I, Episode VIII: Without the Lead of Sunlight

Half Mystic Radio, Season I, Episode VIII: Without the Lead of Sunlight

Featuring Alvin Pang’s “Untitled”, “What It Is Like to Go Blind Slowly”, and “Humming (For Pooja)”, and Daniel Gallie’s “Coming Home”.

Literature, Music, RadioTopaz WintersApril 21, 2019Daniel Gallie, Alvin Pang

"The rhythm of these words gives me hope that moments of such precise beauty will always exist." (S.K. Grout on Aubade)

"The rhythm of these words gives me hope that moments of such precise beauty will always exist." (S.K. Grout on Aubade)

Aubades take place in liminal space; they are ephemeral and, like the perfect melody or the exquisite lyric, they are robust in the moment.

Literature, MusicGuestApril 16, 2019Taifa Faizullah, Ocean Vuong, John Donne, Radiohead, Mamamoo, Frank Ocean, Spiritualized

Half Mystic Radio, Season I, Episode VII: When Angels Dress For Senior Prom

Half Mystic Radio, Season I, Episode VII: When Angels Dress For Senior Prom

Featuring Erin Moran’s “For Matthew”, “When Angels Dress For Senior Prom”, and “For Jan”, and LYON’s “Le Jardin Zoologique de Nuit”.

Literature, Music, RadioTopaz WintersMarch 24, 2019Erin Moran, LYON

From the Editor & GIVEAWAY: Rona Wang's Cranesong

From the Editor & GIVEAWAY: Rona Wang's Cranesong

Light & light & light to you. We hope this book is exactly what you need right now—that would be the greatest honour imaginable.

Music, Announcements, From the Editor, LiteratureTopaz WintersFebruary 13, 2019rona wang

"There is a horizon for me to meet. This is a limitless astonishment." (Rona Wang on Cranesong)

"There is a horizon for me to meet. This is a limitless astonishment." (Rona Wang on Cranesong)

For years, I wanted to diverge from my heritage, because to do anything else would be to assume the debt of being loved.

Literature, Music, Personal EssayGuestFebruary 7, 2019

"I gave myself permission to write without asking for forgiveness." (An Interview with Rona Wang)

"I gave myself permission to write without asking for forgiveness." (An Interview with Rona Wang)

Many of the truths within this book are about the impossible debt of love and the tremendous gift of lineage.

Interviews, Literature, MusicKate WilsonFebruary 1, 2019Katherine Ho, Julie Otsuka, Jenny Zhang, Jennifer S. Cheng

“That rare moment of being so awed by a combination or chords or lines that it stops us. We want to be stopped again.” (An Interview with Jill Mceldowney)

“That rare moment of being so awed by a combination or chords or lines that it stops us. We want to be stopped again.” (An Interview with Jill Mceldowney)

There is a dichotomy that exists in poetry that allows both intimacy and distance.

Interviews, Literature, MusicStephanie ChangJanuary 22, 2019HAIM, Under the Influence of Giants, The Civil Wars, M.I.A., Lissie, Jill Mceldowney

“It's been a little while since our last moment of quiet.” (The Launch of Issue VI: Interlude)

“It's been a little while since our last moment of quiet.” (The Launch of Issue VI: Interlude)

January’s song: the launch of Half Mystic Journal’s Issue VI: Interlude, wild, soft, ephemeral, fierce.

Gatherings, Music, LiteratureTopaz WintersJanuary 9, 2019Crispin Rodrigues, Laetitia K., Ethel Yap, Jocelyn Suarez, Jean Tan, Alvin Pang, Jerome Quah, Kenny Leck

VI: Interlude | Uncomposed: "Lexicon"

VI: Interlude | Uncomposed: "Lexicon"

G for Georgia, O for Oscar, T for Thomas, again O for Oscar. My mother spells out her maiden name on the phone.

Music, Personal Essay, Literature, ColumnsHana WidermanDecember 7, 2018uncomposed