New Life Quarterly Magazine
Quarterly magazine of art and criticism
Wolfman Books, 2017-2020
![An image I created for New Life issue 4, the Correspondence Issue. We partnered with Berkeley Art Museum to host a letter writing event in their Art Lab, facilitated by quarterly editor, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. In the center of the image is the cover of the book, which is surrounded by mail from the BAM mail program.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6907606e1da1244bf7bf39fca6479302d986e296d5a05969610d382359361fe3/portfolio-images-20215.png)
New Life Quarterly was the quarterly arts and culture magazine from Wolfman Books. Founded in 2017 by myself, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Tara Marsden, and Jacob Kahn. Spanning six ambitious issues, the quarterly contained profiles, columns, reviews, features, as well as selected poetry, fiction, art portfolios and non-fiction by emerging and established artists and writers. New Life attempted to explore the intersections of art and community, highlighting the exuberant and experimental margins—providing a platform for contributors and readers whose identities exist at often overlooked intersections of race, class, gender-nonconformity, and sexuality to cultivate and connect.
In my role as editor, I worked with dozens of writers and artists to create reviews, essays, profiles and reviews for the magazine. I also oversaw all aspects of production, design and distribution of each issue.
ISSUE 5 MINI-COVERS
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS AND PARTICIPANTS
@laurencessss • 5/5 Multimedia Collective • Abdullah Shakur • Akande X • Ali Giordani • Alton, Brian, and Molloy McMullen • Amanda Davis • Amy Berkowitz • Amy Langer • Ana Karen • Andrea Abi-Karam • Andrew Evans • Andrew Wilson • Andy Puls • Ashia Ajani • Astrid Elisabeth • Avery Trufelman • BAMPFA Art Lab • Barbara Browning • Blair Johnson • Brandon Shimoda • Brontez Purnell • Caleb Beckwith • Caren Beilin • Charlie Macquarie • Chelsea A. Flowers • Christian Nagler • Claire Boyle • Claire Buss • Claire Grossman • Claire Mullen • Claire Stringer • Clara Sankey • Coco Spencer • Colin Winnette • Connie Zheng • Daley Farr • Danielle Wright • Davey Davis • David Brazil • Dionne Lee • Dongyi Wu • Dorothy Santos • Dot Devota • E.H. Mann • Elisabeth Nicula • el李 • Emerson Whitney • Eric Sneathen • Evan Kennedy • Felicia Griffin • Francis Mead • Gabriel Ramirez • Geoff Saba • Hannah Kezema • Hannah Kingsley-Ma • Heather Dewey-Hagborg • Helen Shewolfe Tseng • Holly Meadows-Smith • Indira Allegra • Isabel Balée • j.j. Mull • Jacob Kahn • Jade Ariana Fair • Jamal Batts • Jamie Townsend • Jamuna Shrestha • Jasmine Gibson • Jeannine Ventura • Jeff Cheung • Jennifer Williams • Jenny Odell • Jerónimo Rüedi & Kit Schluter • Jessie Alsop • Jordan Karnes • José Vadi • Julian Francis Park • Julian Talamantez Brolaski • Juliana Delgado Lopera • Julio Linares • Kate Robinson Beckwith • Kathryn E. Styer • Kevin Killian • Kwame Boafo • Laura Woltag • Lauren Whitehead • Leila Weefur • Lena Sok • Leora Fridman • Lindsey Boldt • Lisa Pradhan • Liza St. James • Louise McCune • Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo • Lydia Magyar • Madeline Gobbo • Marcela Pardo Ariza • Margaret McCarthy • Mary Welcome • Matt Carney • Matt Sussman • Maya Dusenbery • Maya Weeks • MI Leggett • Miranda Tsang • Mitsuko Brooks • Monica Westin • Muzae Sesay • Nadia Shihab • Nicole Lavelle • Nicole Shaffer • No School at 2727 California Street • Oki Sogumi • Paolo Yumol • Paul Mpagi Sepuya • Pete Lee • Philip Košćak • Pia Cortez • PJ Gubatina Policarpio • Ra Malika Imhotep • Rachel Khong • Raphael Villet • Ricki Dwyer • Rita Bullwinkel • Sam Vernon • Samantha Espinoza • Sanford Jenkins • Sarah Burke • Sarah Simon • Sarah Toshie Cargill • Sarah-Dawn Albani • Sophia Dahlin • Sophia Wang • Stephen Steinbrink • Summer Mason • Tara Marsden • Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta • Thanh Hằng Phạm • The Burl Concentrate • Till Krause • Tommy Orange • Tongo Eisen-Martin • Trisha Low • Umeko Motoyoshi • Vreni Michelini Castillo • Yalie Kamara • Yosefa Raz • Zoe Donnellycolt • Zoé Samudzi • Zoe Tuck
ISSUES 1-3
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