Featured Artist: Miya Turnbull

Read our interview with the Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist and mask maker who's self-portraits explore identity, persona, and self-image. Miya Turnbull discusses her mask making techniques and how the pandemic has brought attention to a world "where the outer persona turns inward or where the line between 'beauty' and 'grotesque' becomes blurred."

Tyler Odeneal | Spring 2021 | Fiction

"I gazed at the possum, the mother, her pinkish nose. I could see her underside, round and sagging against the bars—a native imprisoned in her own land..."

Gina Twardosz | Spring 2021 | Nonfiction

"Therapy is expensive, but Twitter is free..."

Marc Meierkort | Spring 2021 | Poetry

"Dr. Seuss proves practice makes perfect..."

Kristy Bowen | Spring 2021 | Poetry

"Dear Investor - In a year, you won't recognize the body..."

Trevor Lisa | Spring 2021 | Fiction

"When it comes to wild animals... I do not do that. Period."

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MASKS Literary Magazine was launched in partnership with the Columbia College Chicago Library and the Aesthetics of Research Program, an ongoing series of exhibits, events, and other shenanigans dedicated to exploring the role that libraries play in creative community building. MASKS provides a meritocratic space in which emerging writers and artists can engage in the artistic process and get their work out into the world.
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MASKS Literary Magazine was founded in the spring of 2021 as part of the Columbia College Chicago Library's Aesthetics of Research Program-an ongoing series of exhibits, events, and other shenanigans dedicated to exploring the role that libraries play in artistic process, creative community building, and resource-sharing in the arts. 
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