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The Court of a King
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In the Court of the Crimson King
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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Intimacies
Carries a strong pull into books through power and South Asia.
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Borges, a gambler in the court of King Assurbanipal
Carries a strong pull into books through urban isolation and South Asia.
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The Wire
Carries a strong pull into books through power and urban isolation.
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The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
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Television · Strong bridge
The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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The Tale of Genji
1020s
The world's first novel. Court life, love, and impermanence in Heian Japan.
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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 Apothecary Diaries
2020s
A pharmacist solves mysteries in the imperial court. Historical detective anime with charm.
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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 2010s
Borges, a gambler in the court of King Assurbanipal
Borges, a gambler in the court of King Assurbanipal is a 2016 essay or critical text by Salomé Guadalupe Ingelmo, linked to a wider international field and Spanish. It keeps the thought field readable as criticism, argument, and editoria...
Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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Books 1840s
The Count of Monte Cristo
A man wrongly imprisoned escapes and enacts elaborate revenge. Adventure as justice.
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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 1920s
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Joan's trial in extreme close-up. The human face as the landscape of silent cinema.