NMR is a shared space among academics, artists, and activists to highlight and discuss their work. The artist in residence is chosen each year to share their work with the journal’s readership. Their work will be featured both in the print journal and website.

The 2023 artist in residence is Sarah Ellis.

Sarah is the Assistant Professor of Printmaking in the Department of Art and Design at Jacksonville State University. Her personal studio work consists of predominantly printmaking, paper arts, illustration, and sculpture. Sarah is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and participates in JSU’s Safe Zone program as a Facilitator. When she isn’t working, she enjoys self-care practices that include cooking, rock climbing, and spending time with her partner & her cat.

Death, adolescent friendship, and the secret enclaves that surround us everyday. Read more with this short story by Marc Valle.

Part of NMR’s mission is to create a space where both academic and non-academic writers, activists, and artists can read, share, and engage one another’s work. The journal’s managing editor, Wesley R. Bishop, met with French artist and disability rights activist Audrey Grison to discuss her work over the summer. The following conversation has been edited for clarity and length.

Cover photo by Marie Marchandise.

John Lepley reviews “The Good Hand.”

Lepley is a labor educator in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From 2006-2008 he was a recipient of the Gertrude and Theodore Debs Memorial Fellowship in the graduate program in labor and social reform movement history at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Charlie Wiles reviews “The Peacemakers’s Path.” Wiles is the founder and executive director of the Indianapolis based Center for Interfaith Cooperation.