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Elisa Wouk Almino
Painting Outside the Lines: On the Life and Work of Abstract Artist Emily Mason
“Her best works—across mediums—came from ceding control, allowing herself to become a ‘conduit’ for the unknown.”
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Elisa Wouk Almino
| September 17, 2025
Elisa Wouk Almino on Beloved Brazilian Poet
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A Writer in Search of "the Tyranny of Inspiration.”
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Elisa Wouk Almino
| November 6, 2020
Why Are We Obsessed With Writers' Houses?
Elisa Wouk Almino on an Age-Old Fascination
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Elisa Wouk Almino
| April 27, 2020
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