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No Better Time to Be Alive – by Emmett
People have been harbinging the decline of America for decades. Our rapid ascension to power combined with a near apocalyptic sense of our own national destiny has made the American landscape an inspirational setting for fictional takes on what an empire … Continue reading
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Walton Ford – by Emmett
Calvin Tompkin’s profile on artist Walton Ford (“Man and Beast,” The New Yorker, 26 January 2009) left me with the impression that Ford is, along with John Currin, one of the new breed of American artist who is resuscitating the … Continue reading
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