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Discussing Jasper Johns at the Brooklyn Public Library with John Yau, Martha Wilson, William Villalongo, and Caitlin Sweeney
The event will be held on April 26, 7:30-9pm, at Central Library's Dweck Center.
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How Adrian Piper Challenges Us to Change the Ways We Live
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Required Reading
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Wendy's Serves Up a Beefy Mixtape
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Matthew Wong’s Hallucinatory Pilgrimages
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Richard Hull’s Hall of Mirrors
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Stampeding Out Trump’s Door
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Poetry from the Picket Line
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The Art of Eating Cherry Blossoms (with Recipes)
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From the Green Market to the Gallery Wall
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