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A Review of: Race and Revolution: Reimagining Monuments

By Heather Radke

An Interview with Michael DeForge

By Camille Bromley

Toward a Theory of the American TV Commercial, Vol. 3: Time Kills, Spuds Abides

By Ian Dreiblatt

America's Favorite Pastime

By Sara Nović

A Review of: Race and Revolution: Reimagining Monuments

By Heather Radke

An Interview with Michael DeForge

By Camille Bromley

Toward a Theory of the American TV Commercial, Vol. 3: Time Kills, Spuds Abides

By Ian Dreiblatt

America's Favorite Pastime

By Sara Nović

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