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More art, less blather. More culture, deeper community. Cogitations from Charleston-based arts critic Maura Hogan via reviews, profiles, musings and analysis on the nexus of arts and community in the American Southeast.

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Maura Hogan is an arts critic and writer based in Charleston, S.C. and former arts critic at The Post and Courier in that city. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Garden & Gun, The Chicago Tribune and other publications.