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THE NOTION OF POSTMODERNISM was once a great stimulant to art and thought; today, it feels like another anti-aphrodisiac of the just past. In some ways, postmodernism seems more historical than modernism, reanimated as modernism is by questions of colonialism, diaspora, and globality. On the other hand, this untimeliness makes the present a good moment to look back at postmodernism, if only to measure our distance from it.The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture, which I edited, was published forty years ago; it was quickly followed by Art After Modernism: Rethinking Representation (

Alexander Liebeskind is just checking in on us.

In the golden age of magazines, short stories reigned supreme. Has the digital revolution killed their cultural relevance?

Councilor John Barth has introduced a new proposal that would treat trail crossings the same as school crossings.

Marion County Democrats have overwhelming control of the City-County Council, but they're leaving little to chance in the Nov. 7 election. They've fielded candidates in even some of the most lopsidedly-Republican districts.