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Need a manuscript critique? This literary auction is raising money to support Minnesotans.: In further news of book people showing up for each other, and for the rest of us, a dedicated group of publishing and culture workers has organized an auction to raise funds in… #ArtandPhotography #BookNews
Need a manuscript critique? This literary auction is raising money to support Minnesotans.
In further news of book people showing up for each other, and for the rest of us, a dedicated group of publishing and culture workers has organized an auction to raise funds in support of communities terrorized by ICE and DHS.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Here’s what’s making us happy this week.: Given: it’s another tough one out there, people. In the Northeast, there’s talk of a world-historical blizzard. Meanwhile actual ICE is hunting our neighbors—or they will be, very soon. I still think it’s crucial to lift up the… #ArtandPhotography #Design
Here’s what’s making us happy this week.
Given: it’s another tough one out there, people. In the Northeast, there’s talk of a world-historical blizzard. Meanwhile actual ICE is hunting our neighbors—or they will be, very soon. I still think it’s crucial to lift up the light in
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January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The NYPL has acquired Tom Verlaine’s archive. Which other rock stars live on at the library?: Patience and Fortitude have a new, freaky playmate. Tom Verlaine, the late livewire best known as frontman for the proto-punk band Television, has left his remaining archive… #ArtandPhotography #Biography
The NYPL has acquired Tom Verlaine’s archive. Which other rock stars live on at the library?
Patience and Fortitude have a new, freaky playmate. Tom Verlaine, the late livewire best known as frontman for the proto-punk band Television, has left his remaining archive to the NYPL. According to Fine Books & Collections, six decades of Verlaine
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January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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France and Mexico celebrated their friendiversary by exchanging ancient books.: At a recent meeting, French president Emmanuel Macron and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum conducted a highly symbolic book swap. To commemorate years of diplomatic relation—and sure,… #ArtandPhotography #BookNews
France and Mexico celebrated their friendiversary by exchanging ancient books.
At a recent meeting, French president Emmanuel Macron and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum conducted a highly symbolic book swap. To commemorate years of diplomatic relation—and sure, with an eye to continued trade—France and Mexico exchanged two ancient manuscripts: the Codex
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January 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
How Jane Austen’s Family Nurtured Her Early Literary Endeavors: ________________________________ From Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen by Kate Evans. Copyright © 2025. Available from Verso Books. #ArtandPhotography #Biography
How Jane Austen’s Family Nurtured Her Early Literary Endeavors
________________________________ From Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen by Kate Evans. Copyright © 2025. Available from Verso Books.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Making Meaning: Why Symbolic Interpretation Matters in Art and Literature: Among my favorite works exhibited in the Scaife Galleries of my hometown Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art is a beguiling, enigmatic, and beautiful 1956 painting by René Magritte… #ArtandPhotography #CraftandAdvice
Making Meaning: Why Symbolic Interpretation Matters in Art and Literature
Among my favorite works exhibited in the Scaife Galleries of my hometown Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art is a beguiling, enigmatic, and beautiful 1956 painting by René Magritte entitled Le Coeur du Monde—“The Heart of the World.” Completed after Magritte
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January 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
A Mirror to Society: On Lee Friedlander’s Many American Christmases: Whether or not you’ve celebrated Christmas at any point over the past seventy years—roughly the period covered by these photographs—you have no doubt encountered some of the things Friedlander shows… #ArtandPhotography #Features
A Mirror to Society: On Lee Friedlander’s Many American Christmases
Whether or not you’ve celebrated Christmas at any point over the past seventy years—roughly the period covered by these photographs—you have no doubt encountered some of the things Friedlander shows us here. As in all of the work he has
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December 31, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Why Has Criticism Always Been Such a Good Side Gig for Artists?: There might not be a more natural, if also more fraught, complementary profession to artistry than criticism. Who, after all, would have a better perspective on the necessary background and unique… #ArtandPhotography #CraftandAdvice
Why Has Criticism Always Been Such a Good Side Gig for Artists?
There might not be a more natural, if also more fraught, complementary profession to artistry than criticism. Who, after all, would have a better perspective on the necessary background and unique challenges of making art than some-one who does it
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December 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Five Books About the Most Important Photographs of the Vietnam War—and the Photographers Who Took Them: In April 2023, George Black wrote in an introduction to his reading list on these pages that “something like thirty thousand books have been written about ‘the… #ArtandPhotography #Features
Five Books About the Most Important Photographs of the Vietnam War—and the Photographers Who Took Them
In April 2023, George Black wrote in an introduction to his reading list on these pages that “something like thirty thousand books have been written about ‘the Vietnam War.’”He limited his reading list to the American War, not the French.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
An ode to the old-fashioned publishing holiday party, in photos.: Publishing people used to corner the market on yuletide bacchanals. You hear stories. Decadence was expected. HR, AWOL. In last year’s Cut, Emily Gould interviewed partygoers from previous epochs and… #ArtandPhotography #Design
An ode to the old-fashioned publishing holiday party, in photos.
Publishing people used to corner the market on yuletide bacchanals. You hear stories. Decadence was expected. HR, AWOL. In last year’s Cut, Emily Gould interviewed partygoers from previous epochs and turned up all sorts of outrageous anecdotes. Back in the
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December 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?: In literature, the execution of a work of art happens on the page, at the desk. In my debut novel, Deep Burn, the characters are artists and curators—people working in photography, film, painting, public installation.… #ArtandPhotography #CraftandAdvice
Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?
In literature, the execution of a work of art happens on the page, at the desk. In my debut novel, Deep Burn, the characters are artists and curators—people working in photography, film, painting, public installation. Their art gets them out
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December 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Here’s what’s making us happy this week.: This week, Lit Hub ate buffet style. We followed individual whims, and satisfied diverse appetites. Literally? We gamed, we read, and we giggled. Emily Temple’s nice thing of the week was music. Says our managing editor:… #ArtandPhotography #Biography
Here’s what’s making us happy this week.
This week, Lit Hub ate buffet style. We followed individual whims, and satisfied diverse appetites. Literally? We gamed, we read, and we giggled. Emily Temple’s nice thing of the week was music. Says our managing editor: “After years of being
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December 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Stravinsky in the Desert: Playing Piano Under Big West Texas Skies: When Donald Judd moved to Marfa, a small desert town on the edge of Texas, he turned it into a living experiment. Artists like Robert Irwin, John Chamberlain, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov and others… #ArtandPhotography #Features
Stravinsky in the Desert: Playing Piano Under Big West Texas Skies
When Donald Judd moved to Marfa, a small desert town on the edge of Texas, he turned it into a living experiment. Artists like Robert Irwin, John Chamberlain, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov and others followed, each exploring how space could
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December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Magic of Marvel: How We Met the Avengers, Doctor Strange, Daredevil and Others: If there’s one thing comic book fans enjoy, it’s discussing their favorite characters and stories with anyone who will listen (or read), debating the finer points of the… #ArtandPhotography #CraftandCriticism
The Magic of Marvel: How We Met the Avengers, Doctor Strange, Daredevil and Others
If there’s one thing comic book fans enjoy, it’s discussing their favorite characters and stories with anyone who will listen (or read), debating the finer points of the stories and the art, and speculating about what comics or creators might
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December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Last call! Submissions for our 2025 reading period end at the end of the day December 1st! Send us your best CNF and Art/Photography submissions! We're looking forward to reading your work!
Complete guidelines found on our website.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Two books with AI-generated covers have been disqualified from New Zealand’s top book prize.: Somewhere on the goofy/sad spectrum in AI slop news, today two novels up for the prestigious Ockham New Zealand Book Award were disqualified on the basis of their AI cover… #ArtandPhotography #BookNews
Two books with AI-generated covers have been disqualified from New Zealand’s top book prize.
Somewhere on the goofy/sad spectrum in AI slop news, today two novels up for the prestigious Ockham New Zealand Book Award were disqualified on the basis of their AI cover art. Obligate Carnivore, a story collection by Stephanie Johnson, and
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November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
How Philly Businessman Albert Barnes Changed the Life of “Unsellable” Expressionist Artist Chaim Soutine: By the end of 1923 Chaim Soutine was known on both sides of the Atlantic as a formidable painter. He had an allowance from Zborowski of twenty-five francs a day… #ArtandPhotography #Biography
How Philly Businessman Albert Barnes Changed the Life of “Unsellable” Expressionist Artist Chaim Soutine
By the end of 1923 Chaim Soutine was known on both sides of the Atlantic as a formidable painter. He had an allowance from Zborowski of twenty-five francs a day and a personal chauffeur paid for by the dealer. Young
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November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Fire Within: On the Graphic Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: “A 1-megaton thermonuclear weapon detonation begins with a flash of light and heat so tremendous it is impossible for the human mind to comprehend. One hundred and eight million degrees… #ArtandPhotography #CraftandCriticism
The Fire Within: On the Graphic Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
“A 1-megaton thermonuclear weapon detonation begins with a flash of light and heat so tremendous it is impossible for the human mind to comprehend. One hundred and eight million degrees Fahrenheit is four or five times hotter than the temperature
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November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?: Think back to the last time you saw a sheep. Where were you—some grassy rolling hills? A dusty petting zoo? Or was it, maybe, in a bookstore? Maybe in the new releases, on the cover of Midnight Timetable, Bora Chung’s #ArtandPhotography #Design
What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?
Think back to the last time you saw a sheep. Where were you—some grassy rolling hills? A dusty petting zoo? Or was it, maybe, in a bookstore? Maybe in the new releases, on the cover of Midnight Timetable, Bora Chung’s
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November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Meet the Kobold, the Gnome‘s Tougher, Meaner Cousin: Kobolds are difficult to classify, as they are shape-changers, household faeries, seafaring explorers, and miners. They are described in both Seelie and Unseelie ways, depending on their mood and circumstances, and… #ArtandPhotography #Features
Meet the Kobold, the Gnome‘s Tougher, Meaner Cousin
Kobolds are difficult to classify, as they are shape-changers, household faeries, seafaring explorers, and miners. They are described in both Seelie and Unseelie ways, depending on their mood and circumstances, and they have been around for a long, long time.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fall of Freedom, “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” starts next month.: Artists around the country are organizing events, making zines, and planning performances for next month’s Fall of Freedom, a “wave of creative resistance” in defiance of… #ArtandPhotography #BookstoresandLibraries
Fall of Freedom, “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” starts next month.
Artists around the country are organizing events, making zines, and planning performances for next month’s Fall of Freedom, a “wave of creative resistance” in defiance of authoritarianism. And you’re invited to participate. The “decentralized, open-source initiative” is envisioned as a
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October 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM