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Suzy Hansen’s “From Life Itself” traces the human cost of modernization and authoritarianism in a changing city.
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger’s poetry carries historical weight, but Carlie Hoffman’s translations struggle to convey the formal poise of the originals.
Early promise, enduring vision, and a lifetime of well-timed reinvention.
On the recording “AVTT/PTTN,” mutual admiration turns into a bold experiment in form, trust, and sonic space.
Revisiting the Eameses’ modular dream at a moment when policy, economics, and architecture are under pressure to deliver.
The week’s poem: Simeon Berry’s “I was so insanely good at drinking”
Essayist and memoirist Isaac Fitzgerald follows Johnny Appleseed into a landscape shaped as much by omission and privilege as by history.
Tillie Walden’s “Charity & Sylvia” transforms archival fragments into a resonant portrait of devotion in early 19th-century Vermont.
Cultural Commentary: Death by Incorporation — Why Do Bean-Counters Run Arts Boards?
When corporate thinking dominates cultural institutions, the art often pays the price.
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