Emily Dickinson wrote:  "How dreary – to be – Somebody!  How public – like a Frog –  To tell one's na
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Weekend
Emily Dickinson wrote: 
“How dreary – to be – Somebody! 
How public – like a Frog – 
To tell one’s name – the livelong June – 
To an admiring Bog!”
This is what NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie said to the biggest frog in the pond: 
“You’re the president. You’re not someone’s crazy uncle who can retweet whatever.”
– John Yau, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend
The Emergence of Aubrey Levinthal
The Emergence of Aubrey Levinthal
What distinguishes Levinthal from her contemporaries is her ability to evoke a melancholic state that has been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Yau
Don DeLillo’s Dark Prism
Don DeLillo’s Dark Prism
In his deftly hewn new novel, The Silence, DeLillo disconnects us from our devices, wreaking havoc on our human fragility.
Paul D'Agostino
The Originality of Joanna Pousette-Dart
The Originality of Joanna Pousette-Dart
Pousette-Dart embraces the world without representing it.
Carter Ratcliff
When Japan Reinvented Filmmaking
When Japan Reinvented Filmmaking
A new book looks at a heady time in the 1960s, when avant-garde Japanese artists explored genre-blending intermedia and expanded cinema.
Edward M. Gómez
A Painter’s Belief in Painting
A Painter’s Belief in Painting
Michael Berryhill sees painting as an “amazing place” where the miraculous can still occur.
John Yau
Wacky, Romantic Dramedies to Brighten a Foreboding Fall
Wacky, Romantic Dramedies to Brighten a Foreboding Fall
Three recent French dramedies boast their own individual je ne sais quoi, less in spite than because of their wacky storylines.
Eileen G'Sell
Collage and Poetry as Social Document
Collage and Poetry as Social Document
Rachel Blau DuPlessis’s work illuminates connections between poetic expression and public accountability.
Andrew Mossin
Required Reading
Required Reading
This week, the US loves classical architecture, bookstore sales drop severely, architects speak out about exploitation, scholars review books, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
From the Store
Ode À La Bièvre Ceramic Plates
Ode À La Bièvre Ceramic Plates
These four china plates were designed using imagery from Louise Bourgeois’s fabric book Ode À La Bièvre, which features collages made from fragments of her old clothing and household items.
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