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Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven, A Hell, A Dream Deferred (A Review)

Lina Iris Viktor, Eleventh, 2018 Something used by someone else carries a history with it. A piece of cloth, a platter, a cut-glass pitcher, a recipe. A history and a spirit. You want to know when it was used. And how. And what it wants from you. [1] Reminiscent of a Babylonian Lillith in her … Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven, A Hell, A Dream Deferred (A Review)

A scarred love letter from abroad: A Dutch art collective’s smart book on Southern Gothic

By Nathan C. Martin Discussed in this essay: To Live in the South One Has to Be a Scar Lover by Maaike Gouwenberg and Joris Lindhout (eds.), published by 1646. A long and varied body of literature, film, and theory exists that addresses the United States from a European standpoint, and selections can often be … A scarred love letter from abroad: A Dutch art collective’s smart book on Southern Gothic