Announcing Half Mystic's Nominees for the 2021 Pushcart Prize

Half Mystic began as a grand experiment in championing work that lives between literature & song, hope & fight, horizon & sea.

Announcements, Music, LiteratureTopaz WintersNovember 9, 2020Sammie Downing, Marie Conlan, Matt Mitchell, Yejin Suh, Jonah Howell

"If the body remembers everything, she happened." From the Editor, Giveaway, & the Launch of Marie Conlan's Say Mother Say Hand

What a space we made for ourselves last night—& when I say space I hope you hear salvation. You’re the best love we know, dear songbirds.

"The book stretches into the realms of dream & surreality, hinging on histories I don’t have full access to." (An Interview With Marie Conlan)

I think we as humans experience a collective aching to know ourselves, and psychics & therapists each illuminate different access points.

Launch of Marie Conlan's Say Mother Say Hand on IG Live: See You There?

Please join us at Half Mystic’s latest gathering this coming Saturday, April 18, 2020, at 9 P.M. EST.

Dear Renata (Marie Conlan on Say Mother Say Hand)

& now, spinning in the center of pandemic, what is celebration in an era of loss? Of isolation? She said resilience. I heard re-silence.

Personal Essay, Music, LiteratureGuestApril 8, 2020Marie Conlan

Introducing Say Mother Say Hand

It is a personification of the word despite: survival despite, forgiveness despite, love despite. This book speaks & we can’t help but pay attention.

Literature, Music, AnnouncementsTopaz WintersFebruary 18, 2020Marie Conlan, David Welch, Sara Veglahn, Karolina Zapal