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Pere Marquette

Sofia Fall

Just North

Genevieve Payne

Consequence

Aldo Amparán

Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, Nicolas Poussin, 1655The place near the temple where the lame man laywas …continue reading

Just Beyond The Beautiful Gate

Margaret Mackinnon

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. So I …continue reading

Wrapping Lazarus

Margaret Mackinnon

Diving Horse Show, Atlantic City Steel Pier, 1940sI can’t stop looking at them— the way the horse points its legs …continue reading

Anonymous Horse and Rider

Jessica Poli

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