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Latest — 21 Nov 2025

NH Portraits — A Conversation with GUSKY

GUSKY is an American multidisciplinary artist and writer who's work moves between painting, writing, and intuitive image-making. In this portrait he discusses the origins of his practice, the themes that hold him, and the pieces he brought into Ninth Heaven.

NH Portraits — A Conversation with GUSKY

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Issue 6 — Cadherins Pt. 1

Issue 6 — Cadherins Pt. 1

Dysfunction of classical cadherins is a hallmark of cancer development and progression. They are also linked to sensorial disorders such as hereditary deafness. This piece begins the series on cadherins, allowing us to in the future assess their roles in cancer and neurobiology.

Turning the Soul: Plato on Education

Philosophy & Ethics

Turning the Soul: Plato on Education

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave presents education as a journey from illusion to truth. This transformation is grounded in the hierarchy of knowledge, the Form of the Good, and in moral virtues.

NH Summer Short Story Comp

NH Summer Short Story Comp

$1000 dollar prize pool. Opens short story writing Competition. Mid February Deadline. No Entry Fee for submissions before the New Year.

POEM: A New Hampshire River by D. Walsh Gilbert

Literature & Poetry

POEM: A New Hampshire River by D. Walsh Gilbert

A river's current gives a sense of rebirth, negating possible feelings of loss.

The Long Argument Against Suicide

Philosophy & Ethics

The Long Argument Against Suicide

Suicide solves nothing at all, it only shifts the problem to another state of consciousness.

POEM: The Dogwood + 7 poems by Elise Powers

Literature & Poetry

POEM: The Dogwood + 7 poems by Elise Powers

8 poems, each exploring the intersections of memory, tenderness, and the sacred ordinary.

On Nature Rewritten

Philosophy & Ethics

On Nature Rewritten

This piece explores humanity’s enduring tension between reverence and reason, and the impulse to shape life itself. Drawing on Aristotle, Spinoza, and the Romantics, it argues that creation is not a trespass against nature but the highest expression of our rational and divine curiosity.

Announcing Calls for Issue II: Blue Spring

Submissions open 2 November — close 11 December

Issue 5 — Tight junction Claudins

Issue 5 — Tight junction Claudins

Claudins are the principal structural proteins of tight junctions. They dynamically regulate cell–cell adhesion, serving both as physical connectors and as selective channels that control paracellular ion flow. Altered claudin expression or function is implicated in various cancers.