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In Defense of Pet Portraiture as a Worthy Art Form

In Defense of Pet Portraiture as a Worthy Art Form

Morgan Day on the Practice of Artistic Tradition

By Morgan Day | March 24, 2026

How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

Caroline Tracey on Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Salt Lakes

By Caroline Tracey | March 23, 2026

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Mieko Kawakami on Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Hope in the Darkness

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By Leanne Ogasawara | March 23, 2026

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