{"product_id":"rq-vol2-issue3-apocalypse","title":"RQ Vol. 2 \/\/ Issue 3 \/\/ APOCALYPSE \/\/ WINTER 2021","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12\" data-layout-label=\"Post Body\" data-type=\"item\" data-updated-on=\"1608656466763\" id=\"item-5fe219a14b969b4e07f17a2d\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"row sqs-row\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"col sqs-col-12 span-12\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-sqsp-block=\"text\" id=\"block-6f83e2497a931babc745\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAPOCALYPSE\u003cbr\u003eWe equate “apocalypse” with disaster, but it’s also a means of uncovering, of revelation, of great visions, of a turning point. Through interviews, original art, poetry, book excerpts, and fiction we connect with Philadelphia artists and small business owners, explore themes of optimism and existential risk - and of course, there are zombies - in the Winter 2020 issue, APOCALYPSE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY\u003c\/strong\u003e, Eva Wo, Ash Richards, Nile Livingston, Christopher Spencer, Tiff Urquhart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOPENING SALVO\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eusocial Distancing” \/\/ Be like bees, just not too much, and we might save our species \/\/ Editor’s Notes by Heather Shayne Blakeslee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSTREETVIEW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommendation \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\/ “Hope Springs Eternal (Until it Doesn’t)” \/\/ Philadelphian Nathaniel Popkin’s new book To Reach the Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstellations\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/ “The End and the Beginning” \/\/ Even during a devastating time for the hospitality and entertainment sectors, openings continue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eART \u0026amp; IDEAS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\/ “Irresponsible and Damned” \/\/ Exploring decidedly dark works by Lord Byron and Edgar Bowers \u003cstrong\u003eby Poetry Editor Joshua Mehigan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfile \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\/ “Illustrating a Path Forward” \/\/ Philadelphia mural artist Nile Livingston seeks to show us who we are as a city \u003cstrong\u003eby Jared Michael Lowe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiction\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/ “A Harvest” \/\/ A father and son try their hardest to connect under the shadow of their troubled relationship \u003cstrong\u003eby Adele McKenna; original art by Christopher Spencer\u003cbr\u003eCulture FIles\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/ “Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse” \/\/ \u003cstrong\u003eManaging Editor Walter Foley\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the “Meaning Crisis” through excerpts from Zombies in Western Culture and an accompanying interview with two of its authors, John Vervaeke and Christopher Mastropietro. \u003cstrong\u003eArt by Zoe Nebraska\u003cbr\u003eEssay \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\/ “The Race to Save the Human Race” \/\/ Considering the case for optimism in the face of existential threats \u003cstrong\u003eby Logan Chipkin \u003cbr\u003eBook Excerpt \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\/  Our unknowable potential from the book The Precipice \u003cstrong\u003eby Toby Ord\u003cbr\u003ePoetry \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\/ “Accepting the Disaster” \/\/ A most fitting poem about the cycles of apocalypse and renewal that grip our societies \u003cstrong\u003eby Joshua Mehigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSWITCHBACKS\u003cbr\u003eEssay \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\/\/ \u003c\/em\u003e”The Long Black Robe” \/\/ A remembrance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and street art spotlight of RBG \u003cstrong\u003eby Naomi Mendelsohn. Art by Tiff Urquhart\u003cbr\u003eArtist Spotlight \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\/ “Granny Graffiti” \/\/  A different kind of empowering lace, with \u003cstrong\u003eartist Carole Loeffler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Root Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629106352289,"sku":"RQ-MAG-V2I3-APOCALYPSE-W2021","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0031\/9540\/4333\/files\/RQ2-3_CoverONLINE.webp?v=1782840285","url":"https:\/\/root-quarterly.myshopify.com\/products\/rq-vol2-issue3-apocalypse","provider":"Root Quarterly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}