PATSY YOUR ENTHUSIASM (13)
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Jim Hanas on: The Fall, The Possessed, Upper Middle
08th
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Parker Posey
Her acting career has garnered PARKER POSEY (born 1968) the moniker “Queen of the Indies,” but she deserves an upgrade. In the fantasy life...
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07th
Nov
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Reverse-engineering the book
As a child, John Carrera was fascinated by the trove of yellowing pages of Webster’s Pictorial Dictionary he found beneath his grandfather’s chair. As...
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07th
Nov
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Albert Camus
In a 1945 essay, the French-Jewish author, philosopher, and journalist ALBERT CAMUS (1913-60) asked, “What is a man who revolts?” His answer: “First of...
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06th
Nov
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The Book is a Weapon (7)
Gregory Green’s Book Bomb #8 (1994). From the artist’s gallery’s website: Since the mid-1980’s Gregory Green has created performances and artworks exploring the evolution...
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06th
Nov
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Robert Musil
What do you do when you’re ROBERT MUSIL (1880-1942), when you’ve been nominated for a Nobel prize, when you live in abject poverty because...
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05th
Nov
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R+M (5): CHICKEN, ORCHID, CHAMPAGNE
Robot: Chicken, Orchid, Champagne — by Matt Rebholz *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for...
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05th
Nov
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Sam Shepard
Writing in 1949, Philip Rahv divided American literature into volatile, rebellious “redskins” and puritan, effete “palefaces.” Although Rahv was dividing the lowbrow from the...
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04th
Nov
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Classically chiseled male bodies in sumptuous black and white.
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