Poems for Alma Thomas
Hyperallergic published an excerpt from Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s book about the late painter Alma Thomas. The same item also includes reviews of new titles by Sophie Lewis and Dana Mashoian Walrath, bringing together poetry, art writing and criticism in one cultural feature.
Hyperallergic published an excerpt from Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s book about the late painter Alma Thomas.
The item also includes reviews of new titles by Sophie Lewis and Dana Mashoian Walrath.
THE QUESTIONS THIS EVENT LEAVES BEHIND
What relationship does the excerpt establish between Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s book and Alma Thomas’s work?
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What editorial rationale connects these three pieces in one feature?
What perspectives on Thomas, Lewis or Walrath are absent from the item?
How might readers interpret the combination of an excerpt and book reviews?
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