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The 400 Blows
14 curated works.
After-hoursPowerLongingUrban isolation
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After-hoursPowerLonging
The 400 Blows
Featured · Film
The 400 Blows
1950s
A troubled Parisian boy's struggle against family and school. The iconic final freeze frame.
Film After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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The Trial
Books
The Trial
Carries a strong pull into television through after-hours and power.
The Stranger
Books
The Stranger
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and South Asia.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Music
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
The Dark Side of the Moon
Music
The Dark Side of the Moon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Sapiens
Essays
Sapiens
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
The Souls of Black Folk
Essays
The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into music through identity and power.
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The Sopranos
Television · Strong bridge
The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
The Trial
Books · Strong bridge
The Trial
1920s
A man is arrested and prosecuted by an inaccessible authority. Bureaucracy as existential nightmare.
After-hoursPowerMemory
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Music · Strong bridge
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1990s
Soul, hip-hop, and reggae fused into a deeply personal statement of faith, love, and independence.
LongingIdentityPower
The Souls of Black Folk
Essays · Strong bridge
The Souls of Black Folk
1900s
Double consciousness and the color line. The founding text of African American intellectual tradition.
IdentityPowerRitual
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The Wire
Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
PowerSurveillanceNatureUrban isolation
The Brothers Karamazov
Books 1880s
The Brothers Karamazov
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
MemoryMigrationFolkloreIdentity
The Dark Side of the Moon
Music 1970s
The Dark Side of the Moon
Time, money, madness, and death. The concept album as cultural monolith.
After-hoursLonging
The Shining
Film 1980s
The Shining
A family winters in an isolated hotel. Madness, isolation, and the Overlook's ghosts.
Urban isolationFolkloreAfter-hoursLonging
Sapiens
Essays 2010s
Sapiens
A brief history of humankind. From the Cognitive Revolution to the present in 400 pages.
ModernityResistanceIdentityMigration
The Great Gatsby
Books 1920s
The Great Gatsby
A mysterious millionaire and his impossible dream. The American century in 180 pages.
PowerMemoryMigrationFolklore
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