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Covers: Hannah Weiner by Eric S. Lunde

Covers: Hannah Weiner by Eric S. Lunde

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<3 Tauba Auerbach.

<3 Tauba Auerbach.

Pablo Picasso to Gertrude Stein, 1919.

Pablo Picasso to Gertrude Stein, 1919.

William Shakespeare&#8217;s letter to the future. Simon Evans, Letter to the Future, hand-stitched embroidery, 2011, 9&#160;1/2 x 11&#160;3/4 in via

William Shakespeare’s letter to the future.

Simon Evans, Letter to the Future, hand-stitched embroidery, 2011, 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 in

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Federico García Lorca&#8217;s Self-portrait with Fabulous Beast in Black Autorretrato con animal fabuloso en negro, India ink on drawing board, 1929–30, Fundación Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca’s Self-portrait with Fabulous Beast in Black

Autorretrato con animal fabuloso en negro, India ink on drawing board, 1929–30, Fundación Federico García Lorca

The New Museum is pleased to present “The Rub,” a new commission for First Look by poet Cathy Park Hong and video artist Mores McWreath. It&#8217;s an e-chapbook of .GIFS and haiku. Go see it &gt;

The New Museum is pleased to present “The Rub,” a new commission for First Look by poet Cathy Park Hong and video artist Mores McWreath.

It’s an e-chapbook of .GIFS and haiku. Go see it >

Gertrude Stein&#8217;s Lost Generation &amp; co. via Ward Schumaker

Gertrude Stein’s Lost Generation & co.

via Ward Schumaker

Jack Kerouac. Cut from wood.  (by Loren Kantor)

Jack Kerouac. Cut from wood. 

(by Loren Kantor)

Six drawings by Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)

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Photo by Matthea Harvey &#8212; which should be titled: &#8220;Winter in New York.&#8221;

Photo by Matthea Harvey — which should be titled: “Winter in New York.”