Art
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Queen of Spades
Illustrations by Gennady Yepifanov (Г. Епифанова) for Pushkin’s Queen of Spades, 1966:
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Blood, Snow, Glory: Mountain Goats Meet Sir Arne’s Treasure
I basically hurt myself with excitement when I read that the San Francisco Film Society was presenting Mauritz Stiller’s 1919 silent film classic Sir Arne’s Treasure with live musical accompaniment by indie rock icon John Darnielle of the Mountain…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/13-12/19
This week in San Francisco, it’s Ladies Night at The Rumpus! Also, Dave Eggers plays ping pong, art for the blind, sitting and lying in protest of the Sit/Lie law, and crafty alternatives to traditional holiday shopping. Monday 12/13: What…
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Made in Palestine
We’ve already talked about Palestine once this week, but this is pretty awesome: Made In Palestine, an art exhibition curated by the peerless James Harithas, which graced Houston in the first half of the decade. From the preface:
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Jena Osman’s Network Links
During our Rumpus Poetry Book Club discussion with Jena Osman (edited version here) we asked her to send us a collection of links that pointed to a few of the topics she was mentioning, as well as any others that…
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Drawing of the Snark
Over at A Journey Round My Skull artist Mahendra Singh discusses her experiences illustrating a new edition of Lewis Carroll’s Hunting of the Snark (fantastic images included, of course).