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The House with the Mezzanine
By Dan Bevacqua“I was supposed to middle-man these people into a situation of potential annoyance—if not harassment? Me? The poor kid from Jersey?”
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Fiction
The Welder
By Ingeborg Bachmann“The man read and read, moving his lips; now and then his whole body started moving and then the words entered him like spirits, and began to work their mischief.”
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Fiction
The Ignorant Art Historian: View of Notre Dame
By Hal Foster“All this is hard to sort out, and two more pieces on the right—a green blob beside a black one—only add to the puzzle.”
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On Art
Facades
By David Szalay“He feels almost like he’s in mourning. For months, more than a year, in fact, the hotel idea has been the main thing in his life.”
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Fiction
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Edward P. Jones’s Hadada Acceptance Speech
By Edward P. Jones“For some months—since I was told about this award—I have been trying to find the point in my life when this fiction stuff and I became friends. I cannot find it.”
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Events
GemStone
By Tao Lin“You also see the town constable, a banana cupcake, a large acorn, and an herbal remedy donation bin.”
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Letters & Essays
ART 149: Music for Visual Thinking
By Cauleen SmithThis portfolio renders a selection of the vinyl records Smith plays to begin each session of the undergraduate studio course she teaches at UCLA.
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Art & Photography
Public Domain
By Rachel Lapides“The first day of the new year brings new / additions to the public domain.”
