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Along the Old Underground Railroad, One Photo at a Time

Along the Old Underground Railroad, One Photo at a Time

Jeanine Michna-Bales’s incredible nighttime images of the Underground Railroad

By Allison Wright | January 13, 2017

Fiction Inspired by Edward Hopper

Fiction Inspired by Edward Hopper

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By Lawrence Block | December 21, 2016

Art Inspired by the Great Angela Carter

Art Inspired by the Great Angela Carter

The Twisted Imagery of Gothic Mysticism

By Emily Temple | December 8, 2016

A Tour of Paris, 1917, With Blaise Cendrars

A Tour of Paris, 1917, With Blaise Cendrars

Phillipe Soupault's Memories of a Bohemian City

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What Can Art Do After Trump?

What Can Art Do After Trump?

On Giving Feelings Shape, And Giving Them Grace

By Heather Wells Peterson | November 11, 2016

Picturing Frederick Douglass

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On the Portraits of the Most Photographed Man in the 19th Century

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A Darke and Vicious Place: Conceptualizing the Vagina

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