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Curse of the Golden Flower
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Outline
Carries a strong pull into anime through folklore and identity.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and South Asia.
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Disintegration
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Curse of the Golden Vampire
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Of Course Sin Taxes are Regressive
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
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Television · Strong bridge
Scenes from a Marriage
1970s
Scenes from a Marriage is a 1973 Swedish television miniseries written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Over the course of six hour-long episodes, it explores the disintegration of the marriage between Marianne, a divorce lawyer, and Johan, a reader in psychology. The series spans a period of 10 years. Bergman's tele...
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2000s
A Dominican-American nerd cursed by history. Trujillo, sci-fi, and diaspora identity.
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Disintegration
1980s
Gothic pop's masterwork. Rain, reverb, and the gorgeous sound of falling apart.
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Dorohedoro
2020s
A man with a lizard head searches for the sorcerer who cursed him. Grimy, weird, and wonderful.
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Of Course Sin Taxes are Regressive
Of Course Sin Taxes are Regressive is a 2018 essay or critical text by Christopher Snowdon, linked to England and United Kingdom and English. It keeps the thought field readable as criticism, argument, and editorial context.
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Outline
Rachel Cusk's Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and stark, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing during an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her students in storytelling exercises. She meets other visiting writers for dinners and discourse. She goes swimming with an elde...
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Music 2000s
Curse of the Golden Flower
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Anime 2010s
Made in Abyss
Children descend into a mysterious chasm. Wonder, horror, and the curse of exploration.
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Film 1990s
Cure
A detective investigates a series of murders linked by a mysterious hypnotist. Dread as atmosphere.
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Technocracy Study Course
book by Marion King Hubbert