YNST Magazine (You're Not Seeing Things) portrays home with a contemporary, colorful lens by capturing the region’s vital storytellers, unique designers, impactful photographers, dynamic artists and underrepresented perspectives.
The magazine offers the community of emerging creative professionals in West Virginia and greater Appalachia an unprecedented platform to spotlight their work.
Our region is an undeniable creative force, and it's time the rest of the world sees that too. The creators of YNST Magazine seek to magnify these often unseen contributions.
It's in the name... You're Not Seeing Things!
Issue 12:
Issue 12 is a colorful anthology of storytelling in Appalachia. Go on the scene with the opinion-splitting citizen journalist and viral content creator behind Bowman TV. Absorb the complex woven history of Tabitha’s Arnold’s labor movement inspired tapestries. Meet Evan Boggess, an artist and educator whose paintings create striking, layered visual narratives. Take in a conversation between two defining voices in contemporary Appalachian literature in an authors-on-authors chat with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Neema Avashia. Reflect on the work and legacy of “Hillbilly Hemingway,” the late writer Breece D’J Pancake. Explore the latest in fashion’s bend towards workwear while discovering the work of emerging designer Talia Fiscante. Plus, as alway, enjoy the latest in kinetic creative writing and innovative artwork.
Full color
63 Pages
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"