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Beyond Respectability
In an important book, Brittany C. Cooper asks us to reconsider the meaning and legacy of America’s Black female intellectuals.
May 10, 2024
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April 2024
Interview: Yiota Demetriou
Listen now | A discussion with Yiota Demetriou, PhD about her book "To You," and the art and process of writing.
Apr 27, 2024
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Nox
In her elegy for a lost brother, Canadian poet Anne Carson creates a tomb from paper and ink.
Apr 6, 2024
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March 2024
The Color of Silence
Two musical works ask us to consider what sound hides and silence reveals.
Mar 31, 2024
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The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book.
A current exhibit at Princeton University takes us into the work and ideas of a revolutionary literary mind.
Mar 10, 2024
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A Winter’s Tangerine
A short-lived publication, created by an African teenager, left behind a portal to the words and images of a remarkable group of young artists.
Mar 2, 2024
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February 2024
Music Minus One
A new movie soundtrack brings to mind one of the most daring and inventive Japanese composers of his time.
Feb 17, 2024
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On the Secrets of (and in) Books
A seminar on the "history and futures of the book" suggests just how special books are and can be.
Feb 11, 2024
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October 2023
Children of Stone and Sand
A 2015 Spanish documentary reminds us of the children behind the statistics.
Oct 31, 2023
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September 2023
Gold for the Price of Silver
Sometimes, the art is all you need....
Sep 6, 2023
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August 2023
A Poem of the Heavens
In the oldest surviving written work by a female Chinese poet, words become stars by which readers can, and must, chart their own journey.
Aug 25, 2023
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Art(ist) in the Machine
A new artwork at the MoMA delivers a message about art created with, and by, technology.
Aug 15, 2023
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