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Benjamin Moser on What We Can Learn from Failed Dutch Painters

Benjamin Moser on What We Can Learn from Failed Dutch Painters

"Why do we make art, why do we need it, and how can you avoid becoming a failure?"

By Benjamin Moser | November 20, 2023

Open to Interpretation: The Brief Relationship of Susan Sontag and Jasper Johns

Open to Interpretation: The Brief Relationship of Susan Sontag and Jasper Johns

On the Highs and Lows of Art and Life

By Benjamin Moser | September 19, 2019

On the Great Clarice Lispector

On the Great Clarice Lispector

Benjamin Moser Introduces The Besieged City

By Benjamin Moser | April 30, 2019

Minae Mizumura on Serializing Novels, Aging, and the Eternal Internet

Minae Mizumura on Serializing Novels, Aging, and the Eternal Internet

The Author of Inheritance From Mother Talks to Benjamin Moser

By Benjamin Moser | June 20, 2017

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