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11/16/2017

Imagining A Way Out

Why virtual reality needs literary realism

by Abigail Fradkin

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09/03/2015

Everybody Wants More than Just One Thing

And so should your characters.

by Kelly Cherry

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08/28/2013

Defining the Masses

Modern society through a camera lens

by James Polchin

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01/11/2012

Selective Memory

An artist's look into the 1920s

by James Polchin

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12/22/2011

Oh, Really?

Edward Hopper's real surrealism

by James Polchin

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10/31/2011

Creative Class

Picasso’s sketches

by James Polchin

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12/14/2010

The Hopper Question

Why the American painter puzzles.

by Morgan Meis

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11/30/2010

Time for a Change

The medieval aesthetic in the 19th century.

by Morgan Meis

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09/14/2010

Film at 50

La Dolce Vita.

by Morgan Meis

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08/19/2008

The "Truth" Hurts

The novel is changing. James Wood, not so much.

by Morgan Meis

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