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Nadja?">Art Imitates Life: Who Was the Real Woman Behind André Breton’s <emNadja?">

Nadja?">Art Imitates Life: Who Was the Real Woman Behind André Breton’s Nadja?

Mark Polizzotti Explores the Cultural Landscape of 1920s Paris Through the Eyes of the Surrealists and Their Muses

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Locked in Rapunzel’s Tower: Reflections on the Art Monster and Women’s Loneliness

Locked in Rapunzel’s Tower: Reflections on the Art Monster and Women’s Loneliness

Amie Souza Reilly Reimagines the Fairytale’s Sorceress, Surrealism, and Motherhood

By Amie Souza Reilly | May 9, 2025

A Black Avant-Garde: How Lorraine O’Grady’s Literary Artwork Fused Poetry and Politics

A Black Avant-Garde: How Lorraine O’Grady’s Literary Artwork Fused Poetry and Politics

Peter Trachtenberg Holds up the Frame to an Iconic Artist Who Redefined Being an Icon

By Peter Trachtenberg | March 25, 2025

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

Anita Felicelli Offers Some Advice For Writers Looking to Blend the Dreamy and the Mundane

By Anita Felicelli | December 4, 2024

The Surreal, Destabilizing Strangeness of Poetry: A Conversation with Michael Leong

The Surreal, Destabilizing Strangeness of Poetry: A Conversation with Michael Leong

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of “Words on Edge”

By Peter Mishler | September 27, 2024

More Than a Muse: On Salvadoran Artist and Wife of Antoine, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

More Than a Muse: On Salvadoran Artist and Wife of Antoine, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

Gina María Balibrera Paints a Picture of the Forgotten Woman of Surrealism Who Inspired Her Novel

By Gina María Balibrera | August 23, 2024

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Brigette Benkeman on Dora Maar, Surrealist Photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”

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