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Ishmael Reed Picks Hamilton Apart, Bit by Revisionist Bit
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda deconstructs the Broadway play’s abolitionist portrayal of the founding father with incisive, impeccably-researched satire.
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Poems in the Language of Death
Paul Celan’s truest homeland, paradoxically, was the German language — the language of the Nazis who imprisoned him in a forced labor camp and murdered his parents.
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25 Years of Pixar’s Vibrant, Emotional Color Palettes
Revised and expanded, The Art of Pixar gathers color scripts from the studio’s short and feature films, mapping out the emotional beats of each story in lush hues.
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Did You Know That Robert Hershon Is a Major Poet?
I cannot think of another contemporary poet who is willing to expose his vulnerability, worry, and pettiness through the lens of humor.
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Missives From the War to End All Wars
Elizabeth Gray's poems seek to discover where we are in the midst of a battle we can never fully see.
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Martine Syms's New Book Is an Irreverent Performance of Contemporary Living
In Shame Space, the narrator obsesses over sex, money, fitness, drugs, friends, work, and self-hatred.
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Roni Horn’s Memories and Meditations About Weather
Prosaic and profound, Horn’s book "Island Zombie" feels like standing before art again.
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This Be the Verse: Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2020
John Yau and Albert Mobilio select a few choice titles from the past year.
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Does Anyone Believe in Sculpture?
In "Shaping the World: Sculpture from Prehistory to Now," the issue crying out to be addressed is: where will sculpture go next?
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This Anthology of Trans Poetics Channels a Spirit of Dissent
We Want It All positions poetry as an everyday weapon, formidable against the cruel mundane.
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A Photographer Captures Christmas Kitsch Across the US
With American Christmas, Danelle Manthey presents elaborate decorative traditions as a form of folk art, but one can’t help but wonder if White Christmas might be a more accurate title for her project.
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Why a Disabled Artist Collective Was What I Needed All Along
I hadn’t just needed Disabled friends. I’d needed friends who could give my experiences context and analysis.