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The Arrangement
15 curated works.
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Books
The Metamorphosis
Carries a strong pull into film through urban isolation and folklore.

Books
The Stranger
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and South Asia.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.

Music
The Dark Side of the Moon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into music through identity and power.

Essays
The Bhagavad Gita
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and South Asia.
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Books · Strong bridge
The Stranger
1940s
A man kills an Arab on a beach and feels nothing. Absurdism's founding novel.
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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.
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Film · Strong bridge
The Shining
1980s
A family winters in an isolated hotel. Madness, isolation, and the Overlook's ghosts.
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Essays · Strong bridge
The Souls of Black Folk
1900s
Double consciousness and the color line. The founding text of African American intellectual tradition.
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Television 1990s
The Sopranos
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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Books 1880s
The Brothers Karamazov
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
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Music 1970s
The Dark Side of the Moon
Time, money, madness, and death. The concept album as cultural monolith.
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Film 1970s
The Godfather
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
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Essays
The Bhagavad Gita
Arjuna's dialogue with Krishna on the battlefield. Duty, action, and the nature of the self.

Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.