Community This week, a museum as a site of motherhood, the amazing and terrible ways writers make their livings, Nara Smith as a performance artist? And more. April 23, 2026 — 5 min read This photo by photographer Saber Nuraldin, a finalist for the World Press photo of the year, captures Palestinians climbing aboard an aid truck in the Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025, amidst months of famine caused by Israel's blockade, amidst its ongoing genocide. In the photo's mass of heaving, desperate figures, it formally recalls Théodore Géricault's "The Raft of Medusa" (1818–19), which captures the aftermath of a shipwreck that led to starvation, dehydration, and death. But this captivating photo depicts not an isolated incident, nor accident, nor allegory, but rather an ongoing war crime, underscoring the importance of not looking away.…