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Katie Bellamy Mitchell
Staring into the Void: How Religion and Philosophy Address Chaos
KELLEY KIDD Popular webcomic XKCD | Source: XKCD (CC-BY-NC-2.5) Where the butterfly lands might change the course of natural order | Source: Missouri State Archives/Flickr Sometimes, things don’t go the…
Curtain Call: Spotlighting the Global Refugee Crisis
KATIE BELLAMY MITCHELL Directors take pains to ensure that the play will not be interrupted by what goes on backstage: they drape the stage with curtains to hide the bustle…
We’re Not the Only Ones: On Performing Kinship with the Natural World
In this issue of SixByEight Press, we’re exploring the theme of ‘The Environment’ in the context of how mankind — as the acting caretaker species — have uniquely complicated responsibilities…
How to Recognize a Tragedy
KATIE BELLAMY MITCHELL “Our capacity for evil depends on our ability to lie to ourselves,” said Joshua Oppenheimer after a screening of his Oscar-nominated documentary, The Look of Silence (2015). The…
Re-enactments: Representation and Revision
In this issue of SixByEight Press, we’re exploring the theme of ‘Re-enactment’ in the context of representing and revising both fictional and non-fictional accounts.
The Inaugural Interviews: A Pseudo-Script*
edited by NATALIE GALLAGHER *This piece was compiled from separate interviews with each individual writer. Editor’s Note: due to unforeseen circumstances, Mar J. Cox wasn’t able to participate in the interview.…
The Architecture of Performing Politics
KATIE BELLAMY MITCHELL A stage can be as simple as a stretch of concrete sidewalk, or as elaborate as the red- white- and blue-carpeted end stage CNN built for the…
Primaries: Preludes and Politics
In the inaugural issue of SixByEight Press, we’re exploring the dual meaning behind the word ‘Primary’ in terms of 1) the beginning or prelude to something, and 2) the voting process…