Berm is a contemporary arts magazine based in Portland, Oregon

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Issue Five Joy

Inside this issue

On Joy by nia musiba
A Selection from Michelle Fromme
Daredevil Cartwheel by Emily Jones & Hannah Krafcik
The Truth Was More Complex by Azha Ayanna Luckman
Notes on the Next Best Thing by Roya Amirsoleymani
A Momentary Sense of Relief by Jasmine Wood
Ballroom: Portland in Color with Interviews by Kiki Flora and Photography by Gianna Basile

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Issue Four Money

Inside this issue

An essay about money and art will be an essay about feelings by Linda Austin
Breadwinner by Rebecca Horne
An untitled essay by Satpreet Kahlon
where am i: an essay on money and anxiety and art by Chelsea Couch
9-5 by Ben Herbert
The Economics of Berm by The Editors
An Interview with Variable West, Amelia Rina interviewed by Wesley Mueller & Michael Kurt

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Issue Three Ephemeral

Inside this issue

Changes and Traces by Takahiro Yamamoto
insides by Hannah Krafcik
PUNCICATE by maximiliano
Dreaming Through Movement by Crystal Sasaki
Long Live the Anti-Receipt by Andrew Yoon
OurWorldHomeCafe.Online by Tabitah Nikolai & garima thakur
cosmic howl of information, 2023 by Demian DinéYazhí
The Ephemeral Still Life by Kelda Van Patten

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Issue Two Letters & Figures

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A Rose by Any Other Name by Kendyl Boyd
An Essay on Communication by Alyson Provax
Glyph by Tatiana Ryckman
New Thing/The Precipice by Alicia Gaines
LAND BACK & FUCK COLONIALISM by Hotvlkuce Harjo
A Conversation with Future Fonts, Wesley Mueller & Michael Kurt interviewing Lizy Gershenzon & Travis Kochel

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Issue One Transitions

Inside this issue

to begin, a poem by Heldáy de la Cruz
loops, a proverb by Hannah Krafcik
Androids in the Tower, an excerpt from maximiliano
Naming Interludes, a visual poem by Crystal Cortez
Nothing Is Urgent, a comic by Jenny Vu
alkai, a poem by Jet Shea
Coming and Going, an essay by Jaleesa Johnston

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