Marius Sosnowski

is managing editor of Dispatches. He lives in Oakland, California

Contributions

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Headventure 3

Marius Sosnowski

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October 5, 2025

“I was on my way to that dank oasis in the middle of the concrete depths, Cole’s, the disputed French dip originator and pre-Prohibition bar that nourished countless L.A. workers, politicians, mobsters, poets, and artists alike"—Marius Sosnowski

Judithe Hernández

Marius Sosnowski

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January 14, 2025

“After a five-decade career, I find myself represented by a Westside gallery and selling work. Good things come to those who wait." —Judithe Hernandez

Words in Space

Marius Sosnowski

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October 26, 2024

“Ruscha’s body of work captures something quintessential about the American experience that is almost as intangible as electricity itself" —Marius Sosnowski

Dispatches at the DNC

Sky O’Brien

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Marius Sosnowski

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August 29, 2024

Marius Sosnowski & Sky O'Brien's coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Something Like Prescriptions for the Self

Marius Sosnowski

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July 19, 2024

"Mailer repelled reductive, singular definitions and it’s his extravagance of spirit that is clearly the film’s guiding light."—Marius Sosnowski

Willis Barnstone

Sky O’Brien

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Marius Sosnowski

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July 17, 2024

"Good poetry is always song... Song precedes writing."—Willis Barnstone

Mornings in Mazatlán

Marius Sosnowski

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April 16, 2024

"Bodies in furious motion here awaiting four minutes in which we yearn to be overcome, rapt in attention, heads upturned for the infinite"—Marius Sosnowski

In Plain Sight

Marius Sosnowski

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October 14, 2023

"Through the use of color and shape and his eye for light, Biberman endowed the built environment with a sense of mystery"—Marius Sosnowski

Bedri Baykam

Marius Sosnowski

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October 3, 2023

"The show was called 'The Human Condition' but... you should have called your show 'The Human Condition in Zurich and Chicago'."—Bedri Baykam, by Marius Sosnowski

In Her Time

Marius Sosnowski

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April 21, 2023

"'Joan Didion: What She Means,' curated by New Yorker theater critic Hilton Als... is a striking survey of the many nouns that make up a moment in time"

All That Is Mine I Carry With Me

Marius Sosnowski

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November 18, 2022

“The Polish master’s Berkeley period is surveyed as one man’s battle to translate struggle into wisdom, despair into perseverance."—Marius Sosnowski

Headventure 2

Marius Sosnowski

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October 31, 2022

“A film star is not bound by the rules of time and space. Her true currency—imagery—affords her a shot at bliss, a privilege ever stalked by horror."

Headventure 1

Marius Sosnowski

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October 26, 2022

“Godard's life is a masterpiece of art and commerce and cultural impact and one of the most impressive—and complete—bodies of artistic fulfillment on record."

Sympathy for the Devil

Marius Sosnowski

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December 30, 2021

"What's impressive is that while interpreting film after film of droptop convertible wisdom—or ruin, LaSalle doesn’t play loose and easy with his task."

Temple of Images

Marius Sosnowski

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November 9, 2021

“The Academy Museum has the potential to be a beacon for the artform—if it can just own its place in the culture." —Marius Sosnowski

Lynell George

Paris Cotz

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Marius Sosnowski

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August 7, 2021

"Character means everything. That's what people remember, that's what becomes part of your cultural memory."

Nobody's Fool

Marius Sosnowski

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July 6, 2021

"Cherkovski, a warm and reassuring presence on the page, recounts the works and days of the old 'lowlife laureate' with intimate detail and the respect of a close friend."

On the Road in the Time of Covid

Marius Sosnowski

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December 12, 2020

"Pilgrims, all of us, now and then would continue to traverse this land unsatisfied, in a frenzied chase of something that flickers indistinct and unfixed"—Marius Sosnowski