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The Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
1980s
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate jour...
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The Wire
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The Wire
Carries a strong pull into books through power and urban isolation.
The Sopranos
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The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
The Dark Side of the Moon
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The Dark Side of the Moon
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The Souls of Black Folk
Essays
The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into music through identity and power.
The Bhagavad Gita
Essays
The Bhagavad Gita
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and Southern Europe.
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The Sopranos
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The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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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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The Godfather
1970s
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
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The Souls of Black Folk
1900s
Double consciousness and the color line. The founding text of African American intellectual tradition.
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The Wire
Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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The Tale of Genji
The world's first novel. Court life, love, and impermanence in Heian Japan.
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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 1960s
The Battle of Algiers
The Algerian fight for independence from France. Revolution filmed as it might have happened.
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The Bhagavad Gita
Arjuna's dialogue with Krishna on the battlefield. Duty, action, and the nature of the self.
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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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