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Destined for Export [Letter from Guatemala] Destined for Export
The troubled legacy of Guatemalan adoptions
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April 2019
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Nowhere Left to Go [Oral History] Nowhere Left to Go

“I can’t take chances with my life.”

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Like This or Die [Criticism] Like This or Die
The fate of the book review in the age of the algorithm
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Untitled (Webster’s Dictionary A & B), 1965, acrylic, graphite, and marker on canvas (66 x 95 inches), by Arakawa, whose work is on view this week at Gagosian, in New York City.

Untitled (Webster’s Dictionary A & B)

Untitled (Webster’s Dictionary A & B), 1965, acrylic, graphite, and marker on canvas (66 x 95 inches), by Arakawa, whose work is on view this week at Gagosian, in New York City.
© Estate of Madeline Gins. Reproduced with permission of the Estate of Madeline Gins. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian
LC #96, a painting by Szilard Huszank, whose work is on view this week at Foley Gallery, in New York City.

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LC #96, a painting by Szilard Huszank, whose work is on view this week at Foley Gallery, in New York City.
Courtesy the artist and Foley Gallery, New York City
Laurie’s New and Entertaining Game of the Golden Goose, a board game created by Richard Holmes Laurie in 1831, part of the exhibition Instruction and Delight: Children’s Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection, which is on view this week at the Yale Center for British Art, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Laurie’s New and Entertaining Game of the Golden Goose

Laurie’s New and Entertaining Game of the Golden Goose, a board game created by Richard Holmes Laurie in 1831, part of the exhibition Instruction and Delight: Children’s Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection, which is on view this week at the Yale Center for British Art, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Courtesy Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman

“Cotton Gin Ruin (View I), Greensboro, Alabama”

“Cotton Gin Ruin (View I), Greensboro, Alabama,” 2002, a photograph by William Christenberry, whose work is on view this week at the High Museum of Art, in Atlanta.
Courtesy the artist and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Stable, a painting by Derek Fordjour

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Stable, a painting by Derek Fordjour, whose work is on view this week at Night Gallery, in Los Angeles.
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“Nowadays, most states let just about anybody who wants a concealed-handgun permit have one; in seventeen states, you don’t even have to be a resident. Nobody knows exactly how many Americans carry guns, because not all states release their numbers, and even if they did, not all permit holders carry all the time. But it’s safe to assume that as many as 6 million Americans are walking around with firearms under their clothes.”

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