Table of Contents

ARTICLE/REVIEW: Jacob Mikanowski, "Papyralysis" Chris Kraus, "The Cult of Freedom" ESSAY: Laurie Pepper, "Gettin' Together: Conversations with Art Pepper" POEM: Maurice Manning, "My Aunt Fanny" ARTICLE/REVIEW: Ander Monson, "American Renaissance" ARTICLE: Daniel Olivas, "Two Questions for Rudolfo Anaya" ARTICLE/REVIEW: Maria Bustillos, "Coloring Outside the Lines" SHORT: Tom Bissell, "The Five Stages of Art" ARTICLE/REVIEW: Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, "Aliens" POEM: Douglas Kearney, "Father-To-Be Takes Himself for a Walk" ARTIST PROFILE: Barbara T. Smith SHORT: Alex Espinoza, "The Night Stalker" ESSAY: Ariana Kelly, "To the Lighthouse" POEM: Hoa Nguyen, "O Tree (Borassus)" ARTICLE/REVIEW: Alex Kitnick, "Note to Self: On Claes Oldenburg" ARTICLE/REVIEW: Marjorie Perloff, "A Man Who Has Come Through: On D.H. Lawrence" POEM: Muesser Yeniay, "A Bird Nest in Gezi Park" ESSAY: Robert Pranzatelli, "Unspoiled Monster: On Truman Capote" ESSAY: Eliah Bures, "Rest in Peace: World War I and Living Memory" SHORT: Rigoberto Gonzalez, "Death" ARTICLE/REVIEW: Ben Mauk, "Flatland: On Javier Marias"

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