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Title Author Year
The Shield of Achilles W. H. Auden 1955
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus William Carlos Williams 1962
from “n e a r” Genji Amino 2023
From “Information Desk: An Epic” [Sometimes on my break] Robyn Schiff 2023
Abstract with Red Square Jenny Xie 2022
Nike of Samothrace Mark Irwin 2022
The Dream of the Anti-Ekphrasis Fargo Nissim Tbakhi 2022
The Atom No. 18 Sarah Mangold 2022
Between Fulmination and Adoration Lois P. Jones 2022
Shorn, treaded red Asiya Wadud 2022
On “Phantasmagorique #15,” a Painting by Kathy Goodell Garrett Hongo 2022
Realization Marilyn Nelson 2021
Pier 52 Omotara James 2021
The Artist Signs Her Masterpiece, Immodestly Danielle DeTiberus 2020
The Kiss Sasha Pimentel 2017
Study of Two Figures (Pasiphaë/Sado) Monica Youn 2019
Lady Xoc Dana Levin 2016
Using Black to Paint Light: Walking Through a Matisse Exhibit Thinking about the Arctic and Matthew Henson Robin Coste Lewis 2017
Still Waiting Harryette Mullen 2019
Goya's Mired Men Fighting with Cudgels Vijay Seshadri 2019

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