Columnist

Jen writes about work, gender, and the acoustics of everyday life. Her essays balance precision with vulnerability, like mobiles swaying in a draft—never quite still, always in motion.

Essayist-at-large

Ivy prefers her coffee black and her prose darker. She writes about systems that creak, ceilings that crack, and the quiet strength found in the shadows. Sometimes she leaves the library just before it closes.

Art critic and occasional curator

Sydney contributes essays on line, form, and color, with particular interest in the playful accidents of modernism. Known for treating even the smallest doodle with grave attention — and often recognized by her signature scarves — she insists that humor and high art share the same frame.

Cartoonist-in-residence

Maeve specializes in clean lines, existential cats, and comics that look deceptively simple until the captions double back on you. She insists coffee is an art supply.

Lyrical Columnist

Clara collects rituals the way others collect teacups. Her reflections tend to arrive with the rain, soaked in atmosphere and a faint smell of earth after storm.

Advisor

Name Redacted provides guidance on joke calibration and visual composition. Corresponding from an undisclosed location under the Witness Protection Program, they offer intermittent but invaluable notes on funniness and layout balance.