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Books
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Nostalgia Box
by Chris Reitz September 16, 2011
It is only after the little box is taken care of and put on the shelf that Simic’s sympathies for Cornell subside and true homage can take its place.
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Teenagers in Love
by Sara Breselor June 2, 2011
It stands to reason that reading coming-out stories should help with one’s own process of coming out, but I have my doubts.
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Bad Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market
by Adam Jasper May 19, 2011
Art of the Deal is a bad book, but it’s bad in an interesting way.
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Fan Friendly: Theroux’s Gorey
by Caroline Bankoff May 7, 2011
Ideally, friendship is based on mutual admiration, while the relationship between fan and artist is more asymmetrical.
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Fresh fire: on Charles Wright and Robert Pinsky
by Laura Kolbe April 12, 2011
The poet’s lot, however, is to return to the same territory again and again, making the familiar real once more.
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Routine and Revolution
by Sadie Stein April 6, 2011
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was that rare creature who manages to make reform seem unthreatening: Canfield’s numerous bestselling novels were designed to persuade gently rather than wink at an enlightened few.
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Sheer Proximity: Chris Kraus’s Where Art Belongs
by Laila Pedro April 5, 2011
For all its faults, Kraus argues, the “art world remains the last frontier for the desire to live differently.” The claim is ambitious.
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We’ve Got Mail
by Kaye Cain-Nielsen March 3, 2011
The letters of Rosa Luxemburg will give those unfamiliar with their author’s importance valuable insight into her brilliant and unfashionable way of thinking.
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Republic of Design
by Jessica Loudis February 21, 2011
Groys’ skill lies in framing scenarios rather than proposing solutions, and lacking a single thesis, he constellates his writing around the idea that the artist is disappearing quickly.
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Extra Broken Real Lives
by Jenny Hendrix February 21, 2011
Collectively, gamers worldwide have spent over 5.93 billion years playing World of Warcraft—about as long as humans have spent evolving as a species.
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