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A black and white photograph of Józef Wittlin juxtaposed with the cover of his book Salt of the Earth

The Saga of Many Patient Foot Soldiers: Józef Wittlin’s Salt of the Earth

November 05, 2019 |

Cultural Cross Sections

Women in Public Art: An Essay

November 04, 2019 |

Three people sitting in chairs in conversation with an audience (which is off panel)

Cultural Cross Sections

On Practice

November 01, 2019 |

A helicopter hovers above a smoldering, mountainous landscape. The sun is positioned just such that the helicopter appears to be on fire.

Letter from California—Fire Season

October 29, 2019 |

A photo of writer Rachel Tzvia Back juxtaposed against the cover to her book What Use is Poetry?

The Uses—and Uselessness—of Poetry

October 28, 2019 |

A group of people, clad in brightly colored clothes, march toward the camera waving the Hawai'ian flag

For all the aunties, but especially for Mary Maxine Lani Kahaulelio

October 28, 2019 |

The negative outline of a person blowing on a dandelion through which a photograph of a dirt road stretching into the distance can be seen

On Home and Migration: Two Poems

October 24, 2019 |

A time-elapsed black and white photograph of a dancer

Cultural Cross Sections

Alicia Alonso: The Will to Be Known as a Legend

October 24, 2019 |

A black and white photo of a man walking down a sloping street in front of a wall transected by shadow

Giorgio de Chirico’s Shadowed Geometry

October 23, 2019 |

A man sits outdoors in a thin yellow t-shirt with one arm draped over a block of wood next to a wooden airplane model

Perfecto Remembers La Lucha (1970–1975)

October 22, 2019 |

A color drawing of a stone building with a tree featured prominently in the foreground

Cultural Cross Sections

Mission Project: Activism on a Smaller Scale

October 21, 2019 |

A hazy photo of a snow covered landscape

Cultural Cross Sections

Surprised by Handke

October 17, 2019 |

A black and white photograph of Ismail Kadare

News and Events

Ismail Kadare Wins Prestigious 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

October 16, 2019 |

A triptych featuring three covers from the list below

Feminist Writing by Women from around the World

October 16, 2019 |

Four photographs of the author's mother

Cultural Cross Sections

Landmarks and Mines

October 15, 2019 |

The legs of a dancer, clad in blue jeans and cowboy boots

Cultural Cross Sections

Home, Home on the Clyde

October 14, 2019 |

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