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Articles to Read on Space Exploration and the Arts
On making the familiar unfamiliar.
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Nidhi Mahajan
Alive White Men
Do you need to read Chaucer?
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Nidhi Mahajan
How To: Read Sally Rooney
#2 | ‘Normal People’ is just young millennials having (political) sex.
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Nidhi Mahajan
The Best ‘Adolescence’ Episode and What to Read After
On man, misogyny, and ‘manosphere’.
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Nidhi Mahajan
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Articles to Read if You Are Generally Curious
On plastic rain, political board games, and Foucault's bad trip.
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Nidhi Mahajan
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The Body in Protest
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Theory Girl Writes About Her Taste in Literature
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How To: Read Sally Rooney
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To Own and Be Owned
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At the Intersection of Hope and Dread
Two space novels to read in the new year.
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How To: Read Elena Ferrante
#1 | ‘My Brilliant Friend’ and embracing slow-form, collective criticism.
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To Own and Be Owned
A review of 'Tremor' by Teju Cole — a cerebral novel without much plot to pursue.
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Tell the Story With Your Ears
A review of 'James' by Percival Everett — a novel born from listening.
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10 Oddly Specific Book Recommendations
A book that feels like a knife-to-the-throat, and more.
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Asking the Small, Human Questions
A review of 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI' by Madhumita Murgia.
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