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America's Greatest Makers
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Giovanni's Room Bookstore
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and South Asia.
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The Handmaid's Tale
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and memory.
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Carries a strong pull into television through urban isolation and power.
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Ready to Die
Carries a strong pull into television through power and South Asia.
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The Power of Myth
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and South Asia.
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Pragmatism
Carries a strong pull into books through power and South Asia.
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The Handmaid's Tale
1980s
A woman enslaved as a reproductive vessel in a theocratic America. Dystopia as feminist nightmare.
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Ready to Die
1990s
Biggie's debut. The greatest storytelling in hip-hop history from Bedford-Stuyvesant.
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Riley's First Date?
2015 animated short film by Josh Cooley
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Essays · Strong bridge
The Power of Myth
1980s
*The Power of Myth* launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most p...
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America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model is a 2003 television series from United States, shaped by Tyra Banks. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure. Rooted in United States. Engages with nature, surveillance. In the index for the quality of its sustained storytelling.
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Books 1850s
Moby-Dick
Call me Ishmael. A captain's obsessive hunt for a white whale. America's greatest novel.
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Music 2010s
good kid, m.A.A.d city
A Compton teenager's story as short film. Hip-hop's greatest coming-of-age narrative.
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Essays 1900s
Pragmatism
Truth is what works. James's lectures on America's homegrown philosophy — the idea that meaning is made, not found.
Television 2010s
America's Most Musical Family
America's Most Musical Family is a 2019 television series from United States, shaped by named creators. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure.
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Giovanni's Room Bookstore
bookstore