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Notes on the brilliant and idiosyncratic American artist

Apr 12

A visit with the legendary Romantic poets in Pisa

Apr 5

“Every time I sit down to do work, my feelings of inadequacy take over.”

Mar 29

If I tell you about my new book project, then it’s real and I actually have to write it

Mar 22

Fifteenth-century artist hijinks via Vasari’s Lives

Mar 15

“At noon he ceased work for the day and spent half-an-hour practising the flute”

Mar 8

“Oh dear, oh dear, all the wickedness in me rebels at the beastly, rotting house.”

Mar 1

"I can’t find the juice and then I just feel terrible."

Feb 22

Your advice on post-project depression Discussion thread re: this week's advice column, for a writer feeling bereft after finishing her first book

Feb 21

The Los Angeles–based critic shares her Covid routine

Feb 15

“I write fast. So what?”

Feb 8

Remembering the late artist's contagious delight in the visual world

Feb 1

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