Compassionate Reader
Katie SelbyA weekly(-ish) newsletter contemplating beauty and books
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 9 | Founded | 3 months ago | Last Issue | 15 days ago |
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Adam Pendleton, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, more... 12 May, 2026
Installation view of the MoMa exhibition: Adam Pendleton: Who is Queen? 2021
photograph by Andy Romer
Adam Pendleton, a central figure in contemporary abstract painting, is known for works that push the boundaries of the medium through a...
Ada Limón, Turiya Magadlela, more... 4 May, 2026
Vela I & II, 2024
polyester and Lycra pantyhose, seasland on canvas stretcher with teak frame
Turiya Magadlela, South African, b. 1978
South African artist Turiya Magadlela transforms everyday materials like pantyhose, prison sheets, a...
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Suzanne Simard, more... 13 April, 2026
The Game That You Learnt From the Morning (Broken Barns Series)
Amanda Evanston, 2026
“Broken Barns is a collection of Midwestern landscapes—fields, skies, and small collapsing barns standing as quiet witnesses to the passage of time. Th...
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Robert Rauschenberg, ... 30 March, 2026
Tides, Robert Rauschenberg. 1969. Lithograph
We often think of paradox in terms of extreme opposites: black and white, hard and easy, happy and sad. Paradox can also include less-differentiated, more subtle contrasts between things: gratef...
Mari Evans, Charlotte Wood, more... 16 March, 2026
Nigerian-American textile artist Sarah Nsikak grew up in Oklahoma and brings together two worlds of patchwork: the patchwork culture from the American ‘Bible Belt,’ and the patchwork inspired by African proverbs, Asafo flags from Ghana that...
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Katie is an editor at The Englewood Review of Books and a textile artist in Indianapolis. She translates ideas and stories into art made from repurposed materials, exploring place, connection, and sustainability.
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