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Paul Klee: Siblings

The Taborian — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:48:23 +0000

In Siblings (1930), Paul Klee channels the dreamlike language of Surrealism into a tender and abstract meditation on human connection.

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Portrait of the Artist’s Mother

The Taborian — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:17:50 +0000

Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (1897) is a tender yet powerful work, rendered with remarkable delicacy and emotional depth.

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A Great Kingdom in the Congo

The Taborian — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 20:20:22 +0000

A Great Kingdom in the Congo By William Henry Sheppard Share LISTEN Essays I had studied the new dialect of the Bakuba and had made every preparation for our expedition into the “Forbidden Land” of King Lukenga. I had met...

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A Cry From an Indian Wife

The Taborian — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 21:54:47 +0000

A Cry From an Indian Wife By Emily Pauline Johnson Share Poetry My forest brave, my Red-skin love, farewell;We may not meet to-morrow; who can tellWhat mighty ills befall our little band,Or what you’ll suffer from the white man’s hand?Here...

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A Warrior’s Daughter

The Taborian — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 20:10:31 +0000

A Warrior’s Daughter By Zitkala-Sa Share LISTEN Stories In the afternoon shadow of a large tepee, with red-painted smoke lapels, sat a warrior father with crossed shins. His head was so poised that his eye swept easily the vast level...

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A Song of Thanks

The Taborian — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 03:10:59 +0000

A Song of Thanks By Edward Smyth Jones Share Poetry For the sun that shone at the dawn of spring,For the flowers which bloom and the birds that sing,For the verdant robe of the gray old earth,For her coffers filled...

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The Haunted Oak

The Taborian — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 02:58:28 +0000

The Haunted Oak By Paul Laurence Dunbar Share Poetry Pray why are you so bare, so bare,Oh, bough of the old oak-tree;And why, when I go through the shade you throw,Runs a shudder over me?My leaves were green as the...

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A Daughter of the Samurai

The Taborian — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 23:22:45 +0000

A Daughter of the SamuraiChapter 4 The Old and The New By Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto Share LISTEN Stories I was about eight years old when I had my first taste of meat. For twelve centuries, following the introduction of the...

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