George Bellows’s Boxing Paintings
George Bellows’s “Both Members of this Club” is one of my favorite paintings at the National Gallery of Art. I love its mix of beauty and violence, and the seedy, …
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5 Books Starring Tortured Artists
I published a list of my five favorite books featuring tortured artists for Shepherd.com. This website asks authors like me to create thematic lists related to their own books. The …
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My Six Favorite Fiction Reads of 2023
I “read” 74 books this past year. 29 of those were audiobooks. My daughter considers this a significant distinction, perhaps in part because she outread me in 2023 if I …
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I “read” 74 books this past year. 29 of those were audiobooks. My daughter considers this a significant distinction, perhaps in part because she outread me in 2023 if I …
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Blocked! A Letter to the Takoma Park MD Library
I recently sent this letter to the Takoma Park Maryland Library. After reading this, please consider tweeting “Free @theodorecarter2” to @takoma. Dear Takoma Park Maryland Library, Recently, I tried to …
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The new year is coming, and I’ve decided to record my five favorite fiction and nonfiction books read in 2022. Below is my nonfiction list in no particular order.* Hell’s …
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The new year is coming, and I’ve decided to record my five favorite fiction and nonfiction books read in 2022. Below is my fiction list in no particular order.* Alligator …
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Thoughts on Takoma Park’s Painted Sidewalk Controversy
I live in Takoma Park and have several times engaged in unpermitted public art. I presume it’s for these reasons that people continued to ask my opinion on the controversial …
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Lost, Missing, and Restored New Deal Post Office Murals
I originally wrote this piece for a magazine that never made it to launch. I’m posting it here as the postal service is continuing to face funding threats. The 1,000 …
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Art Inside Us: The Human Skull as Depicted by 13 Masters
This piece originally appeared in Dirge Magazine on October 16, 2016. Van Gogh painted vibrant sunflowers, MC Escher produced mind-bending visual puzzles, and Andy Warhol is best known for his …
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