Just a stop on the circuit: Great artists visit old St. Paul
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Patricia Hampl is a Regents Professor and a McKnight Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Her latest book is a memoir about the artistic life titled "Blue Arabesque: A Search for the Sublime."
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