{"product_id":"rq-vol3-issue1-the-wilds","title":"RQ Vol. 3 \/\/ Issue 1 \/\/ THE WILDS \/\/ SUMMER 2021","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12\" data-layout-label=\"Post Body\" data-type=\"item\" data-updated-on=\"1625257091222\" id=\"item-60df725228e1626139967f16\"\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-7f2195ffaf80ee6ac83f\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content\u003e\n  \u003ch2 style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eTHE WILDS\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOPENING SALVO\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Girls Gone Wild” \/\/ Editor’s Notes \/\/ by Heather Shayne Blakeslee\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSTREETVIEW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommendation\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/\/ The Good Goods \/\/\/ “A New View – Camden” is a site-specific art installation that reclaims land from dumpers and uses recycled materials.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDestinations\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/\/ Special Places \/\/\/ Reconnecting with the wilds of Tinicum, and a reminder that it was almost lost to development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstellations \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\/\/ Guiding Lights \/\/\/ Sea moss emerges from the murky depths of the ocean to feed and nourish, and has fueled commerce for centuries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eART \u0026amp; IDEAS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExploration \u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/\/ ‘Carrying a Torch in the Wilds”  \/\/\/ In its only U.S. appearance, \u003cem\u003eSoutine \/ de Kooning\u003c\/em\u003e showcases paintings of these two modern icons in dialogue with one another across decades, focusing on abstract portraiture, landscape, and portraiture-as-landscape. A third artist should be entered into that conversation: breakout painter and Philadelphian Jonathan Lyndon Chase. Exploration by Contributing Editor Jared Michael Lowe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/\/ ‘This Strange Order’ \/\/\/ Poetry Editor Joshua Mehigan explores two versions of nature, and our own nature, in poems by William Cowper and Mary Meriam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCreative Nonfiction \u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/\/\u003cem\u003e ‘Rites of Passage’ \/\/\/ \u003c\/em\u003eJacquelyn Jordan reflects on her former daily routine in a Philadelphia Public School, and what or who exactly the chain-link fences and padlocks are protecting students from. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssay\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/\/ ‘Human Frailty Comes to Roost”’ \/\/\/ What happens when you’ve decided to give an animal a dignified end, and don’t succeed? Reflections on homesteading and the animals that feed us, by Sarah Hartman-Caverly. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConnection\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/\/ “Spider in His Peaceable Kingdom” \/\/\/ A rower on the Schuylkill River encounters a fellow traveler who lives in an encampment on the river. A conversation—and a painting—results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSWITCHBACKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eEssay\u003c\/strong\u003e \/\/\/ ‘People Mountains Majesty: Nature in the Age of Instagram’ \/\/\/ Writer L. Lu has traveled around the world, but now questions the imperative to catalog our experiences in social media posts, and what environmental  impact these trips have on wild spaces. Is it better to be in the moment, and cultivate community at home? Photos by Matt Weed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eOn the Cover: “\u003cem\u003eSoapy Shower” by Jonathan Lyndon Chase, 2020\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eSpray foam, acrylic, marker, watercolor on cotton sateen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e24” h x 18” w\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":46629106286753,"sku":"RQ-MAG-V3I1-THE-WILDS-S2021","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0031\/9540\/4333\/files\/RQ3-1_coverONLINE.webp?v=1782840285","url":"https:\/\/root-quarterly.myshopify.com\/products\/rq-vol3-issue1-the-wilds","provider":"Root Quarterly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}