The Summer 2025 leaflet explores intersections between visual art and creative writing by studying ekphrastic writing and learning from artists. The editorial letter suggests the value of engaging with artwork, the craft essay explains and provides starting points for ekphrastic writing, and a book review of Ama Codjoe’s Bluest Nude reveals a master-class example of ekphrastic writing. At the center of the leaflet is an interview with Volume 1.2 contributor Susan Barry-Schulz, who gives us a closer perspective on what it’s like to be an artist and a poet, and how to two go hand-in-hand.

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