 Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, Johannes Vermeer (Netherlands), 1663-1664. Vermeer The soft heaviness of a woman is the exceptional darkness inside a round blue cup. It’s so strange. Black folds into her skirt, shadowed back, trailing bedsheet Maybe it’s not a map at all, just liquid geologic patterns cut with spiderweb cracks. The brass rivets hold the upholstery to the wood and she holds the room like an egg cup atlas. Casey Elizabeth Newbegin Casey Elizabeth Newbegin lives and writes in Brooklyn, NY, where she works in art restoration. She has a BA in English from Lewis & Clark College and an MS in Information Studies from UT Austin. She is the author of the chapbook Northern California Lightning Series and her work has previously appeared in Off the Coast, Windfall, Plainsongs, and The Sandy River Review.
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