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Illinois
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Either/Or
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The Argonauts
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and South Asia.
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Special
Carries a strong pull into books through power and urban isolation.
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Sex Education
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The Sellout
2010s
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's *The Sellout* showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relatio...
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Midnight Marauders
1990s
Jazz-rap at midnight. Electric Relaxation and the art of effortless groove.
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Wandering Son
2010s
Effeminate fifth grader Shuuichi Nitori is considered by most to be one of the prettiest girls in school, but much to her dismay, she is actually biologically male. Fortunately, Shuuichi has a childhood friend who has similar feelings of discomfort related to gender identity: the lanky tomboy Yoshino Takatsuki, who,...
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Secrets & Lies
1990s
Secrets & Lies is a 1996 comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Leigh regulars, it focuses on a dysfunctional family whose relations are thrown into further chaos after Cynthia is contacted by her adult daughter Hortense, who was put up for adoption at birth...
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Essays 2010s
The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of “autotheory” offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a romance: the story of the author’s relationship with artist Harry Dodge. This story, which...
Television 2010s
Legion
Legion is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, typically as a villain or supporting character in stories featuring the X-Men and related characters.
Books 2010s
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions. Her parents have died; her relationships with her bulimic best friend...
Music 1990s
Either/Or
Either/or and related terms may refer to:Either/Or , an 1843 book by Søren Kierkegaard Either/Or , a 2022 novel by Elif Batuman Either/Or (album), a 1997 album by Elliott Smith Either/Or, a 1999 British comedy game show written and presented by Simon Munnery either...or and neither...nor, examples of correlative con...
Film 1990s
The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children is a 1995 fantasy film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Jeunet and Gilles Adrien, and starring Ron Perlman. An international co-production of companies from France, Germany, and Spain, the film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Del...
Television 2010s
Sex Education
Sex Education is a British teen sex comedy drama television series created by Laurie Nunn for Netflix. It follows the lives of the teenagers and adults in the fictional town of Moordale as they contend with various personal dilemmas, often related to sexual intimacy. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Asa Butte...