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NY Hipsters + Poetism

By on March 25, 2011 in NONFICTION, POETRY, TRANSLATION

David Shook briefly reviews two recent well-designed books, one by a multidisciplinary trio of New York hipsters that includes Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and one by founding Czech surrealist Vítězslav Nezval, translated by Jennifer Rogers.

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Darkroom: South Africa

By on December 2, 2010 in ART

“Africa has always been in conversation with the West. It’s just that for a long time the resulting narrative was Eurocentric; only recently have new narratives challenged the old.” Six photographs from those new narratives.

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Prayer Flag: A Photograph by Deb Mukharji & a Poem by Sudeep Sen

By on June 24, 2010 in ART, POETRY

‘Pilgrim and Prayer Flags at Manas’: a photograph by Deb Mukharji Prayer Flag Om Ma Ni Padme Hum O the Jewel in the Lotus XXXXXX—Inscription on a Tibetan prayer flag 1.  Manas Sarovar, Mt. Kailash Frayed, flapping in the high winds — XXprayer flags gently unravel — homage to the day’s first light. But today, [...]

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The States, Part 1: Homeland, by Nina Berman

By on December 10, 2009 in ART

Homeland, Nina Berman (Trolley Books) £24.99 Homeland collects photographer Nina Berman’s last seven years of exploring the way fear has manipulated American culture since the beginning of the Homeland Security Era. Her photographs do exactly what the best social commentary does: they capture the essence of things elegantly and succinctly. She’s done a good job [...]

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Three Cities

By on September 8, 2009 in ART

Bell’s new collection of illustrated short stories take place in New York City, mostly in hipster Brooklyn. The book includes stories—in both black-and-white and color—that explore the subculture of the young NYC creative class, truant high schoolers, and being captured by giants. 

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Love Me Turkmenistan, Nicolas Righetti

By on August 20, 2009 in ART, NONFICTION

Righetti portrays the wane of a nation-sized personality cult located between Kazakhstan and Iran, in the country of Turkmenistan. Saparmurat Niyazov, who died in 2006, was the nation’s President for Life. An orphan who survived to rise through the ranks of the communist party, Niyazov eventually became leader of the nation that declared its independence in late 1991, as the unity of the Soviets began to splinter.

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