Arleigh Rodgers
JoinedDecember 14, 2023
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Arleigh Rodgers is an English graduate student at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has worked as a reporter and editor in Indiana, Nevada and New York, and she received her bachelor's in English from Ithaca College. Her reporting has appeared in The Associated Press, The Washington Post, and The Las Vegas Sun, and her fiction has been published in The Wild Word and Stillwater Magazine.

Our Secret, Forever

Arleigh Rodgers·
Issue 132: To The Sea
The animation of When Marnie Was There, released ten years ago this month, feels like essential Studio Ghibli: languid settings that burst with unusual color and intricate details; characters with soft expressions and round, curious eyes; glossy plates of seafood and steaming cups of rice.
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The Loot of a Thousand Worlds

Arleigh Rodgers·
Issue 128: Outer Space
After all these years, I'm still enthralled by Treasure Planet's promises of canary-yellow gold and crimson jewels among the rippling nebulae, greedy space pirates, and mutinous crews. The film's fantasy animation feels timeless, its imagery as arresting as if seen firsthand from the ship’s deck, those uncharted skies promising bounty and adventure.
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