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Diary of a Radio Junkie

Illustrations by Elise Engler, Essay by Paul Reyes

Visualizing the News One Day at a Time

(LEFT): Day 1,197 (March 2, 2019). India ink, casein, gouache, watercolor, color pencil, graphite on paper, 6 x 5 ½ in. <i>Space X launches capsule bound for International Space Station, could show potential for commercial space travel.</i>; (RIGHT): Day 68 (Jan. 28, 2016). Watercolor, gouache, graphite, color pencil on paper, 6 x 5 ½ in. <i>Manhattan Federal Appeals Court rules Port Authority can kill migratory birds near airports.</i>

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Issue: Summer 2021 / Volume 97/2

Published: June 29, 2021

Elise Engler

Elise Engler’s art consists of meticulous, highly pictorial drawings and paintings that capture and document the material world in its all its myriad details. Her work includes, among others series, Everything I Own (1997–98) and Tax-Onomies (2003–08). Her most recent project is Diary of a Radio Junkie: 1888 Days of...

Paul Reyes

Paul Reyes is VQR’s Editor and is the author of Exiles in Eden: Life Among the Ruins of Florida’s Great Recession. He has published several articles in VQR, including “Opportunity Knocks,” his essay about the Miami organization Take Back the Land, which was a finalist for a Harry Chapin...

Diary of a Radio Junkie

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