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On Seeing Kara Walker in Mary Janes

Posted on November 10, 2025 by jillbpearlman

I was curious about the guard when she came over.There was a gap between her teeth, coffee-skinned, in museum guard clothes.  Around us the monstrosities of race, freestanding caricatures of the enslaved with robotic nerves – a man strives after a severed limb; … Continue reading →

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Wars, Metaphor, Headless in Red

Posted on August 15, 2021 by jillbpearlman

We’ve been here before, when a swath of color — a flawless blue sky, a ribbon-smooth sea  — rides alongside an event of horror.   Both in immediacy and memory, the high sapphire sky of September 11 marked and continue … Continue reading →

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