Tom Sachs by Jon Kessler

Tom Sachs has polarized critics since he made his first rifle out of a spring loaded sledgehammer. His peculiar brand of bricolage addresses complex issues including appropriation, consumerism, entertainment and functionality.

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Paul Pfeiffer by Jennifer González

In his trademark loops of found footage, typically presented on tiny digital screens that project out from the wall on steel arms, Paul Pfeiffer explores intertwined issues of races, religion and the history of art.

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Pat Steir by Anne Waldman

The Frances Dittmer Series on Contemporary Art. Poet Anne Waldman continues the New York School tradition, revealing the content in the act of painting in her talk with Pat Steir. Steir describes her painting method as controlled chaos.

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Marie Ponsot by Benjamin Ivry

Marie Ponsot’s first book of poems, True Minds, was published as part of the legendary City Lights poetry series in 1957. Despite her association with the Beat poets, Ponsot’s strongly individualist voice and construction of verse defy categorization.

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Steven Millhauser by Jim Shepard

Steven Millhauser’s first book, Edwin Mullhouse, set the literary world ablaze with admiration, instantly placing him in the most revered of pantheons, that of the writer’s writer. Nine books later his magical illuminations still captivate the reader.

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Meshell Ndegeocello by Marc Anthony Thompson

Since her groundbreaking debut album Bitter, bass player and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello has been cultivating a unique blend of jazz, funk, hip-hop and R&B. Her latest, Cookie, an Anthropological Mixtape, earned her a seventh Grammy nomination.

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Neil LaBute by Jon Robin Baitz

Prolific playwright and film director Neil LaBute has a reputation for freezing his characters in moral headlights, exposing their initial reactions to turmoil or devastation and unapologetically documenting the aftermath.

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David Greenspan by Steven Drukman

Playwright David Greenspan is a veteran of the downtown New York theater scene. Known as much for his masterful performances onstage as for his sharp, complex and darkly funny plays, Greenspan has concentrated on acting for the past several years.

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Doug Aitken by Dannielle Tegeder

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Richard Rezac by Thomas Nozkowski

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Steve DiBenedetto by Dike Blair

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Diana Cooper by Shirley Kaneda and Saul Ostrow

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Bride of Angels by Maryam Mortaz

This First Proof contains the story “Bride of Angels.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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The Tears of Cortés by MJR Montoya

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The Middle of the Night by Daniel Stolar

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What You Eat by Ben Ehrenreich

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Seymour Rising by Peter Orner

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Four Poems by Diane Willams

This First Proof contains the poems “A Thousand Groans,” “The Easiest Way of Having,” “Baby Flourishes,” and “The Fatal Stick-in-Waiting.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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Two Poems by Indran Amirthanayagam

This First Proof contains the poems “Beyond the Beautiful House,” and “Two Evenings—with wildlife and bombs.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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