Issue.12

edited by KELLEY KIDD What do you think of when you think of the word “romantic?” In the world of modern dating, swiping left and right has become a ubiquitous element…

SWEDIAN LIE In this issue we talk to Indonesian journalist and actress Marissa Anita about her most recent — and critically acclaimed role — in the Indonesian independent film Istirahatlah…

MATT WAGNER There is little in life that we so regularly regard with a sense of romance as travel. This is even more so for foreign travel, which for our…

TENAYA CAMPBELL Spoken by more than 200 million people worldwide, French is one of the most widely used languages in the world. For hundreds of years, it was the main…

NORA ROSENGARTEN 10,000 – 8,000 B.C.E. European Cro-Magnon Hunters draw the shape of the symbolic heart. The exact significance remains unknown. A Cro-Magnon pictogram from before the last Ice Age…

KELLEY KIDD To Future Me, I get through my days by listening to music. I escape into it, and hidden between my headphones, my mind is safe to be itself.…

In this issue of SixByEight Press, we’re exploring notions of ‘romanticism’ as a philosophy and method of preserving and performing the desires and wishes of our dramatic selves. The narrative…