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La Globalization Much Good Very Wealth

La Globalization Much Good Very Wealth

This piece appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal: The Occult, No. 22  To receive the ...

Concerning the Meaning Molecule in Poetry

Concerning the Meaning Molecule in Poetry

This piece appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal: The Occult, No. 22  To receive the ...

Cannibal

Cannibal

This piece appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal: The Occult, No. 22  To receive the ...

All Included

All Included

This piece appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal: The Occult, No. 22  To receive the ...

Mother of Cups

Mother of Cups

This piece appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal: The Occult, No. 22  To receive the ...

The Suburban Uncanny

The Suburban Uncanny

This piece appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal: The Occult, No. 22  To receive the ...

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Possums Tell All

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This short story appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal: The Occult, No. 22  To receive ...

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The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China

September 2019

The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China

The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China brings together 34 works from the past four decades in which conscious material choice has become a symbol of the artists’ expression at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The Allure of Matter features 21 of the most important and influential Chinese artists working today, including Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, Lin Tianmiao, Song Dong, Xu Bing, Yin Xiuzhen, Zhan Wang, Zhang Huan, and more. The show runs from Jun 2, 2019 to Jan 5, 2020.