Welcome to Esoterica
Esoterica is a magazine for those not well equipped to quiet their brain, who inhale thoughtful articles on topics that hover near the periphery of popular culture and the news agenda and ruminate on them for weeks, much to the chagrin of their lovers, partners, and co-workers.
As Leonard Cohen so poignantly wrote: “Somebody Said Lift That Veil.” Well, that someone is us. Welcome to Esoterica, the magazine that will bring your brain back to the post-pandemic world.
Leah Eichler
Big Ideas
Ivan Baidak: Moving from Self-Inflicted Invisibility to Visibility
By Diane Bracuk (In)visible— An (in) sider’s look at living with visible disabilities by award-winning Ukrainian author Ivan Baidak. A year ago, many people would
The F-Boys of Jane Austen
By Susan Catto, I don’t believe in defining anything I enjoy as a “guilty pleasure”—I’ll read and watch what I like and not feel bad
The Bi-Divide
By Alexandra Beitia, In 2020, a Gallup review reported that 3.1% of all U.S. adults self-identify as bisexual. The review also shows that it is
Ivan Baidak: Moving from Self-Inflicted Invisibility to Visibility
By Diane Bracuk (In)visible— An (in) sider’s look at living with visible disabilities by award-winning Ukrainian author Ivan Baidak. A year ago, many people would
The F-Boys of Jane Austen
By Susan Catto, I don’t believe in defining anything I enjoy as a “guilty pleasure”—I’ll read and watch what I like and not feel bad
The Bi-Divide
By Alexandra Beitia, In 2020, a Gallup review reported that 3.1% of all U.S. adults self-identify as bisexual. The review also shows that it is
Musings
Interviews
The Interview: ‘Watch out for Her’ by Samantha Bailey
This week on Esoterica Mag we bring you an interview that is as captivating as the thriller being discussed. This is the riveting story of
The Interview: “How to Solve a Cold Case” by Michael Arntfield
In this episode we meet Michael Arntfield, a cop-turned-criminologist and professor at Western University, where he founded the Cold Case Society, an unsolved-crimes college think
The Interview With Bruce Farrell Rosen
In this episode, we speak with Bruce Farrell Rosen about his book “Bombed in His Bed: The Confessions of Jewish Gangster Myer Rush.” Myer Rush
Fiction
A little of this, a little of that. A collection of new fiction, articles and other published works that are currently touching my heart. Stories thread our lives together and unite us in the shared human experience.
Novel Excerpt: (In) visible
By Ivan Baidak I feel that otherness is inside us—in what we think about, in what we consider important, in how we treat people around
Rattle
By Alex Dako, He checked his cellphone; he had two missed calls and a text message that read: “hey man… I need your muscles at
Pancake Day
By Sarah Edmonds They are perfect. Just how he remembers them—better, even. Circular and golden, with purpled unbroken globes all over, each evenly spaced from
Novel Excerpt: (In) visible
By Ivan Baidak I feel that otherness is inside us—in what we think about, in what we consider important, in how we treat people around
Rattle
By Alex Dako, He checked his cellphone; he had two missed calls and a text message that read: “hey man… I need your muscles at
Pancake Day
By Sarah Edmonds They are perfect. Just how he remembers them—better, even. Circular and golden, with purpled unbroken globes all over, each evenly spaced from
The Interview
The Interview: ‘Watch out for Her’ by Samantha Bailey
This week on Esoterica Mag we bring you an interview that is as captivating as the thriller being discussed. This is the riveting story of
The Interview: “How to Solve a Cold Case” by Michael Arntfield
In this episode we meet Michael Arntfield, a cop-turned-criminologist and professor at Western University, where he founded the Cold Case Society, an unsolved-crimes college think
The Interview With Bruce Farrell Rosen
In this episode, we speak with Bruce Farrell Rosen about his book “Bombed in His Bed: The Confessions of Jewish Gangster Myer Rush.” Myer Rush
