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Forthcoming
Forthcoming. The Sea Lion Stomach of Desire. Milan: Juxta Press.
2021
2021. “Myth Lessons: The Carceral State and the Limits of Sentimental Realism.” Cabinet: Kiosk. Read Online.
2020
2020. “Art and Aliveness on the Northwest Coast.” RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 73/74. Read Online.
2020. “On Dream Sharing and Its Purpose.” Cabinet, 67. Read Online.
2020. “Wittgenstein's Dream, 13 January 1922.” Cabinet, 67. spellbergm_wittgensteinsdream_cabinet_67_2020.pdf
2019
2019. “It Describes What God Is.” PS: Political Science and Politics, 52, 1. spellberg_it_describes_what_god_is_ps.pdf
2019. “Myth and Anarchy.” Yale Review, 107, 2. spellberg-2019-mythanarchy_the_yale_review.pdf
2019. “All Manner of Thing Shall Be Alive.” In Teresita Fernández: Elemental, Exhibition Catalogue. New York: Del Monico Prestel.
2018
2018. “The Sea-Lion Stomach of Desire.” Mitos, Vol. 1. Read Online.
2017
2017. “On Laughter and Dreaming in Pushkin.” Pushkin Review, 18-19. spellberg_on_laughter_and_dreaming_in_pushkin.pdf
2016
2016. “Man on Glacier.” Cabinet, 59.
2016. “Poor, Righteous Teachers: The Men Who are Gods.” Cabinet, 60. Read Online.
2016. “Proust in the Dreamtime.” Yale Review, 104, 2. spellberg-2016-the_yale_review_proust.pdf
2015
2015. “Martin Fröst.” Yale Review, 103, 3. spellberg_Martin-Frost.pdf
2015. “The Crucifixion of Kent: Life and Work of an American Sculptor. In Two Parts.” Music & Literature. Read Online.
2015. “Four and Twenty Bluebeards, Baked in a Pie: On the Laws of Operatic Space-Time.” Music & Literature. Republished by BBC Culture. Read Online.
2015. “The Holy Fire and the Lonely Saint: Helplessness and Inner Life.” Cabinet, 57. spellberg_holy_fire_and_lonely_saint
2014
2014. “The Chimeric Element in Perception: A First Exploration.” Southwest Review, 99, 1. Notable Essay, Best American Essays 2014. spellberg_chimeric_element_in_perception_swr.pdf
2014. “The Epic Art of the Haida Mythtellers.” Los Angeles Review of Books. Read Online.
2014. “"Myth is a Theorem about the Nature of Reality." Interview with Robert Bringhurst.” Guernica. Read Online.

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