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Carry On, Leonora: 1

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Bill Herbert

(This is the first of five sections of a piece I’ve been puzzling over all summer about the great British Surrealist painter and writer, Leonora Carrington. Puzzling because I don’t quite know where I’m going with this, though it clearly … Continue reading →

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