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Eliza Borné


About

Eliza Borné is the editor of the Oxford American.

Articles

Stand Square

By Eliza Borné

Familiar As Family

By Eliza Borné

Truth in Stories

By Eliza Borné

Issue 97, Summer 2017

Taking Off

In my household, this season brought a heavy cloud of darkness.

By Eliza Borné

Issue 98, Fall 2017

Right in Time

I visited twice in twenty-four hours, and the experience has been at the front of my mind in the weeks since, as we assembled the stories and art in this issue—which in its own way meanders through...

By Eliza Borné

100!

By Eliza Borné

Issue 101, Summer 2018

Novel Roads

By Eliza Borné

Past Imperfect

By Eliza Borné

Issue 104, Spring 2019

Clash of Symbols

By Eliza Borné

Issue 105, Summer 2019

Color Fields

By Eliza Borné

Issue 106, Fall 2019

A New Look

By Eliza Borné

Issue 109/110, Summer/Fall 2020

Change and Transformation

By Eliza Borné

Issue 108, Spring 2020

The Messy Middle

By Eliza Borné

A TRIBUTE TO MAXWELL GEORGE

Farewell to Deputy Editor Maxwell George On Max’s last day at the Oxford American, we’re sharing ten highlights from his years with the magazine. 

By Eliza Borné

ALEX MAR ON THE BODY FARM

In "Sky Burial," published in the OA's Fall 2014 issue, Alex Mar visits the Forensic Anthropology Center at San Marcos University (FACTS)—the largest of America's five body farms, where people donate...

By Eliza Borné

IN PRAISE OF CAKE

Food for thought from the Oxford American When the pandemic upended our work and personal lives at the  Oxford American, we were in various stages of launching a number of new digital...

By Eliza Borné

THE LANDSCAPE OF THE DELTA

An interview with the photographer Kathleen Robbins. 

By Eliza Borné

THEY CALL HER BAD GIRL

A heartbreaking deep soul classic by Atlanta’s Lee Moses almost became the third ’60s-era song called “Bad Girl” to grace an OA music issue CD.

By Eliza Borné