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Required Reading
Roxane Gay on the Guerrilla Girls, the uncertain future of the dictionary, Trump’s attacks on Venezuela and manufacturing consent, anti-ICE whistles, Snoopy turns 75, and more.
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin is an editor and writer based in Brooklyn. She earned a BA in Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale University in 2021 and currently works as an Associate Editor at Hyperallergic.
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A View From the Easel
“The studio is not neutral.”
Community
A View From the Easel
“In retrospect, what I created in that basement astonishes me.”
Daily Newsletter
A Year in Blue and Green
As writers and artists, we say the quiet part out loud, and we leave a record of our refusals and dreams.
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A View From the Easel
“My wife and I are both involved in education in the arts, so we see the beginnings of artistic growth.”
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Joan Mitchell and the written word, garments with passports, “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Christmas book-gifting in Iceland, toppled Lady Liberty, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“Every day I see more and more of my footprint in this small space.”
Books Newsletter
All I Want for Christmas Is More Art Books
But who has the shelf space?
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Required Reading
Women ceramicists challenge conventions in clay, India’s drag scene, olive trees in Gaza, dystopian airport lounges, Jenny Holzer’s roommate, and the real story of “Jingle Bells.”
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A View From the Easel
“There is something so magical about the dyeing process that has continued to captivate me.”
Community
Required Reading
World AIDS Day at Stonewall, Alison Bechdel on making ends meet, Houston van art, NYC’s latest eyesore, Christ and kink, and the family behind Elf on the Shelf.
Community
A View From the Easel
“People really underestimate how much pacing and walking you do when making.”