Natalie Gallagher

ALEXANDRA REALE & NATALIE GALLAGHER In many contexts, we consider attention as an interpersonal reality — who’s watching my LinkedIn? Why won’t my classroom listen to me? Are they just…

In this issue, we explore and imagine what it means to be truly attentive (in both performative and non-performative terms) and how might our assumptions of which behaviors signal attention…

In a scene from the 1938 screwball comedy, Bringing Up Baby, Cary Grant is wearing a flamboyant (borrowed) negligée. When asked why he is wearing this, Grant leaps into the…

In this issue, we look back on over 30 issues of SixByEight Press and reflect on our favorite pieces as editors. While some works are recent and some are older,…

NATALIE GALLAGHER In this issue, we talk to Lizz Dworak, a graduate student in psychology at Northwestern University, about her experiences as a cosplayer — the craft, the characters, and…

In this issue, we celebrate the many forms, styles, and themes that can be conveyed through creative writing — ranging from personal essays to short plays, and everything in between.…

NATALIE GALLAGHER & SWEDIAN LIE In the current American political landscape, one might suggest that, as the state of U.S. politics shift further away from the center and more towards…

In this issue, we play with a double entendre and explore the many kinds of movements that shape our lives, be they physical movements & practices such as dance and…

NATALIE GALLAGHER In this issue, we talk to Meghan Salomon-Amend, a psychology graduate student at Northwestern, about her work on people’s difficulty in predicting future events, optimism, and the future…

In this issue, we explore the events & rituals of significant transition in the process of growing up, whether that’s childhood to adulthood and/or during other life-changing performative moments, such…