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Ward Shelley, People of the Book v.1, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Pierogi Gallery.
- Isreali filmmaker Amos Gitai has been chosen to participate in the international film project, “Words With Gods.”
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Ward Shelley, People of the Book v.1, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Pierogi Gallery.
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Madame Tussauds has unveiled a wax statue of Anne Frank in Berlin.
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Edith Pearlman has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for her short story collection, “Binocular Vision.”
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Zackary Sholem Berger shares his thoughts on translation at Paper Darts magazine.
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Robin Cembalest takes a look at the flow chart art of Ward Shelley.
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Nadine Epstein goes in search of King David’s descendants.
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How does Leonard Cohen’s latest album relate to his earliest influences?
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Scholar of history Peter Novick and Batman comic book artist Sheldon Moldoff have died.
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