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Excavating Dora Maar: On the Afterlives of Art History's Forgotten Women

Excavating Dora Maar: On the Afterlives of Art History's Forgotten Women

Anne Boyd Rioux Considers How We Tell the Stories of Picasso’s Mistresses

By Anne Boyd Rioux | July 26, 2023

Poe vs. Himself: On the Writer’s One-Sided War with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poe vs. Himself: On the Writer’s One-Sided War with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Anne Whitehouse Tells the Story of the Little Longfellow War

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Art For Everybody: Ann Magnuson on Her Friend, Keith Haring

Art For Everybody: Ann Magnuson on Her Friend, Keith Haring

“Even if you didn’t think you could do something, he believed you could, and then you did.”

By Ann Magnuson | July 20, 2023

Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks

Mikki Kendall Remembers the Indelible Work and Full Complexity of bell hooks

“Creating for more than the white gaze or the male gaze was the goal.”

By Mikki Kendall | July 20, 2023

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Borges Dealt With His Anxiety About Going Blind by Learning a New Language

Andrew Leland on His Own Weakening Vision, Braille, and Making a Commitment to Read with Visual Aids

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Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

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How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

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