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  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

  • Two Poems from Bucha, Ukraine

    Lesyk Panasiu, with introduction by Ilya Kaminsky

Words

Hamilton The Musical and Political Reception of Art

Emma Pawl

Lin Manuel Miranda’s decision to cast people of color (POC) as white historical figures in Hamilton the musical, both helps to further representation for POC in musical theater, and more accurately depicts the America of today, as well as the music of today, while unfortunately also misrepresenting and glorifying history. Hamilton, as an example, shows what a great impact art has on our society, our politics, and our culture. This essay serves as a response to critics of the show, illustrating how if artists do not have the freedom or do not put in the effort to make these political statements, no real progress of art being a conduit for change would occur. This essay highlights why art should be used to join in discourses surrounding politics and current events, as artists are often the first shepherds of change. Indeed, …

3 Poems

Leana Borsuk

Charlestown High

Joseph Hughes

Creativity

Bella Komodromos

Reduced: (She/Her) Why I Struggle With My Pronouns

Natashia Deón

Introduction To Trans Literature and Two Other Poems

Stephanie Burt

For He Was a Great Man

Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus

Music

Our Bodies the Instruments of Love

Brian Turner

“I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside, even places you hate.” —Jeff Buckley “I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe… I wouldn’t be surprised if poetry…in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes and designs—is how the world works. The world isn’t logical, it’s a song.” —David Byrne My best friend died of cancer in 2012 at the age of forty-five. We were born four days apart and shared the same first name—though we didn’t meet until his family moved from Minnesota to California and into the same cul-de-sac when we were seven years old. We were raised like brothers from then …

Kinds of Blues: 3 Songs & 3 Poems

Cornelius Eady

The Superpower of Conducting: Women Rise to the Podium

Anna Rakitina, Assistant Conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Ghost Session

Pete Mullineaux

Peter Pan is Rock & Roll: Are Aging Musicians Still Relevant?

Paul Robert Mullen

Art

The Musician’s Keen Eye: Photographs with Notes

by Dave Hollender

 

Pastoral Mosaics: Journeys Through Landscapes Rural

Brian Michael Barbeito

Bathtub Series

Eva Redamonti

ALLAMERICAN

Margo Davis

The Art of Mali Olatunji: Painterly Photography from Antigua and Barbuda

by Mali Olatunji and Paget Henry

The Garden@FUSION

Visual Art

Poetry from The Garden

Film

Black Lives Matter: What Would It Cost Us to Weep with Those Who Weep?

Ricky Staub & Aaron St. Jean

The First Assistant Director: Communicator-in-Chief on a Movie Set

Hristo Dimitrov

A New Lens on Old Film: A Twenty-Something’s Angle on Art House Cinema

Isabella Komodromos

GUADAGNINO – CINÉASTE DE AUTRE TEMPS, or the death of the auteur and rebirth of the artisan

Sean Brennan

Contemporary Television Series and Literature: An Intense, Transformative Embrace

Anna De Biasio

What Big Teeth You Have

Raven Baksh

Features

Landscapes in the Time of Covid

Students of Professor Wayne Wild

Against The Odds: an Exploration of Bulgarian Rhythms

Vessela Stoyanova

New Faculty Fiction

Contests

Student Short Story Contest Winners

Student Creative Nonfiction Contest Winners

How the West Was Won: Berklee Alumni Careers Transformed in L.A. and Beyond

Archives

In memoriam, Henry Augustine Tate

Volume 3

Foggy Morning, Strathlachlan, Michael Russell

Volume 4

Interviews

FUSION Meets the Fuze

An Interview with David Fiuczynski

Interview with Silvina Moreno

Meaning Through Music: An Interview With William Ross

Michael Hazani

Events

An Evening of Poetry & Music

with Sara Pirkle Hughes, Neil Olmstead, and Ana Guigui

Indian FUSION Event: The Rasas of Incredible India

Photos from Celtic FUSION – Am Fuaran

A Celebration of the Music of Scotland

FUSION, Berklee’s global arts magazine, publishes writing in all genres, photography, video, and music by students, faculty, staff, and alumni from across the U.S. and our international communities. We feature distinguished guest artists, including three U.S. Poet Laureates, a U.K. Poet Laureate, National Book Award finalists, and writers whose awards include NEA, NEH, Guggenheim, and MacArthur fellowships, a PEN Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.