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The College Dropout
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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The Dark Side of the Moon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Republic
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
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The Bhagavad Gita
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and Southern Europe.
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The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
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The Wire
Carries a strong pull into music through power and Southern Europe.
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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 Brothers Karamazov
1880s
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
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Honey and Clover
2000s
Back from his journey across Japan, Yuuta Takemoto reminisces about his college life so far. He has matured significantly since his second year and is motivated to move forward. Feeling more confident than ever before, he finally confesses to Hagumi Hanamoto, the girl he has been in love with since their first encou...
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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 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.
Books 2010s
The Marriage Plot
The story concerns three college friends from Brown University—Madeleine, Leonard, and Mitchell—beginning in their senior year, 1982, and follows them during their first year post-graduation.
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Music 1990s
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Soul, hip-hop, and reggae fused into a deeply personal statement of faith, love, and independence.
Anime 2000s
Eden of the East
On November 22, 2010, Japan was hit by missile strikes, a terrorist act that fortunately did not harm anyone, becoming known as "Careless Monday." Quickly forgotten, society goes on about their lives as normal. During her graduation trip to America three months later, friendly college student Saki Morimi's life is f...
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Film 1950s
The 400 Blows
A troubled Parisian boy's struggle against family and school. The iconic final freeze frame.