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There is no center. 

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Out of Print

Gone but not forgotten.

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Woman Reading at Desk, Thomas P. Anshutz 

Woman Reading at Desk

When a writer is quotable to a fault on the feed.

on how Anne Carson's collagist poetry reflects Tumblr's scrapbook-like ethos.

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Joan Miró's Paysage in Wall Street (1987)

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I Spy a Sterling Ruby. 

on looking for works of art in works of fiction.

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Alicia Kennedy

A conversation with food writer Alicia Kennedy. 

interviews Alicia Kennedy, author of the forthcoming book No Meat Required (Beacon Press, August 2023). 


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Remember when Tumblrs turned into picture books?

on a strange period in 2000s culture—when a popular Tumblr could become a coffee table book.  

Look at This F*cking Hipster by Joe Mande, 2010. 

Look at This Fucking Hipster

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Little Bubby Child

A Mountain Dew-infused Appalachian cartoon. 

on a work of art that's redefining online Appalachian culture. 

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The name of the rose. 

and Chelsea Hodson discuss Hodson's new independent press. 

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