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Encountering the infamous collage of a downtown legend
Lucy Sante
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The Story Wars
The conflict between Red and Blue America is a clash of national mythologies
Richard Slotkin
It is shocking to me now to consider myself at twenty-three, showing up unannounced at a famous poet’s door.
Dana Levin Lessons of the Line
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Renaissance Women
A new book celebrates—and sells short—Shakespeare’s sisters
Catherine Nicholson
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Mylar Balloons on Horse Island
Incidental objects at the Peabody Museum’s outpost
Claire Hungerford
Film
Parents Just Don’t Understand—and That’s OK
All of Us Strangers charts a new direction for queer cinema
Lio Wong
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Terrance Hayes Won't Be Pinned Down
The virtuosic poet is still finding new ways to dazzle—and thwart—his readers
Stephanie Burt
Adam Shatz
The author on Frantz Fanon, revolution, violence, and the psychology of oppression
James Surowiecki
Adam Shatz
The author on Frantz Fanon, revolution, violence, and the psychology of oppression
James Surowiecki
Ed Ruscha's "Every Building on the Sunset Strip"
Why the artists' book is a reminder of freedom
Jim Lewis