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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the MacArthur Fellows for 2012 on Tuesday. The 23 fellows, who each were awarded an unrestricted $500,000 'genius grant', were selected from hundreds of anonymous nominations identified for their creativity, and…

Atlanta-based artist Alex Brewer, also known as "Hense," paints over the exterior of a 10,000-square-foot empty building in Washington, D.C. The work is a collaboration with the art gallery Art Whino and will be completed next weekend for a showing…

Sharon Olds is the author of several books of poetry, including "The Dead and the Living," winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award; "The Unswept Room," a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and the National Book…