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On Relic and Recovery: A Conversation with Kimiko Hahn

  • Mackenzie Singh
  • November 9, 2020
Poet Kimiko Hahn discusses her new collection, FOREIGN BODIES.
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Inhabitation and Invocation: Candice Wuehle’s Death Industrial Complex

  • Hannah V Warren
  • April 24, 2020
The speaker must believe in transience, in shapeshifting without permission.
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Homebodies: Coverture

  • Arwen Donahue
  • June 1, 2017
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Album of the Week: Nadia Reid’s Preservation

  • Guia Cortassa
  • March 7, 2017
“I remember recording the tracks, it was about 11 at night, and I felt almost transcendental, as if I was out of my body, singing these words to myself. That’s…
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Dakota Access Pipeline: A Rumpus Roundup

  • Tiffany Midge
  • September 9, 2016
Protecting the Water. Mni Wiconi. Water is Life. Over the last few weeks, thousands of Indigenous people, representing hundreds of tribes, have gathered together on the banks of the Cannonball…
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  • Brandon Hicks
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Dirty Design and Perverse Parody: A Retrospective

  • Brandon Hicks
  • December 27, 2015
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The Whiteness of Literary Landmarks

  • Mary Allen
  • October 8, 2015
From Alice Walker: Standing there knocking on Flannery O’Connor’s door, I do not think of her illness; her magnificent work in spite of it; I think: It all comes back…
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Book Preservation Isn’t Easy

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 21, 2015
Colonial era books are old by any standard, and that means they may not be in the best condition. Rare books are treasures, and with delicate care can be restored,…
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