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On Marina Abramović and the Radical Notion of the Third Act

On Marina Abramović and the Radical Notion of the Third Act

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Long Life of Art

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | June 25, 2025

When Threats of Violence Come to University Libraries

When Threats of Violence Come to University Libraries

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Impact of Bomb Threats and the Rhetoric of School Shooters

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | September 11, 2024

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Photographic Evidence of Maternal Erasure

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | May 10, 2024

How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

Ellen O'Connell Whittet on the Beloved Children's Author

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | April 6, 2022

Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Doireann Ní Ghríofa's A Ghost in the Throat

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | August 26, 2021

Writing and Parenting in the Pandemic Blur of <br>Day to Day Life

Writing and Parenting in the Pandemic Blur of
Day to Day Life

Ellen O'Connell Whittet on Incidental Writing

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | November 23, 2020

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