For years, I wanted to diverge from my heritage, because to do anything else would be to assume the debt of being loved.

Literature, Music, Personal EssayGuestFebruary 7, 2019

Many of the truths within this book are about the impossible debt of love and the tremendous gift of lineage.

Featuring Hyejung Kook’s poem “In All This Singing” and James Radcliffe’s song "Breathe".

There is a dichotomy that exists in poetry that allows both intimacy and distance.

But I’ve always been drawn to that which I cannot fully be a part of, so I continue to pretend that I am meant for this space.

January’s song: the launch of Half Mystic Journal’s Issue VI: Interlude, wild, soft, ephemeral, fierce.

Featuring Kate Bucca’s poems "Known Quantity" and "August Storm", and Paola Bennet’s song "Antidote".

Welcome in the New Year with the Half Mystic team in style with our latest gathering, a launch of Issue VI: Interlude!

From the Editor: The Interlude Issue

It’s been a little while since our last moment of quiet.

The Interlude Letters (a selection)

To me, music means breath and expansion. It is unifying and freeing at the same time.