A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World, Paperback - Marcia Tucker

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Since 1977 Sheffield's Crucible Theatre has staged the World Championship and is one of sport's most iconic venues. Forty Years of the Crucible fea...

Mid-March 2020: native New Yorker Gregory Peterson is on an early evening walk through the city, suddenly shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. Us...

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