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Floral pattern.  Detail from Samuel Jesserun de Mesquita, Stylized Floral Pattern, ca. 1905. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Mushmouf’s Maybe-Crown

Phillip B. Williams
September 1, 2020
Spider on its web. Detail from Keystone View Co., Writing Spider and Web, ca. 1900. Courtesy The J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A.

October

Jacob Eigen
September 1, 2020
White plant on blue background. Detail of Anna Atkins, Polysiphonia cristata, ca. 1843–53. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Photograph

Armen Davoudian
September 1, 2020
Photograph of the moon. Benson Chan / Public Domain

Rat Among the Pines

Roger Reeves
September 1, 2020
Cobblestone street with blue car and stone buildings. Mozzercork / Creative Commons

Song

Hannah Hirsh
September 1, 2020
Photograph of a forest at night. Fredrick Matheson / Creative Commons

The Southern Hemisphere

Jacob Eigen
September 1, 2020
Fish etched in white on black surface. Henri Verstijnen, Chaetodon Fish, ca. 1892–1931. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Twenty-First Century

Jacob Eigen
September 1, 2020
Black-and-white photo of dog running by ocean. Phil Dolby / Creative Commons

Yesterday I Saw a Dog at the Tideline

Krystyna Dabrowska
and
Mira Rosenthal
September 1, 2020
Steps leading up to statues

From “Travel & Leisure”

Stanley Plumly
August 14, 2020