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The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
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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 Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into music through identity and power.

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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 Shield
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
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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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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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Pluto
2020s
Gesicht, an android police detective of Europol, is tasked with finding the murderer of Montblanc, a retired war hero robot. Although it appears that only a robot could have committed this crime, the murder of a renowned robot rights activist casts doubts on the criminal's identity. Indeed, outside of an isolated an...
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The Shining
1980s
A family winters in an isolated hotel. Madness, isolation, and the Overlook's ghosts.
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Essays 1900s
The Souls of Black Folk
Double consciousness and the color line. The founding text of African American intellectual tradition.

Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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Books 1960s
Dune
A boy becomes the messiah of a desert planet. Ecology, religion, and the dangers of hero worship.
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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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Anime 2020s
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
An elf reflects on mortal companions after the hero's journey ends. Time, memory, and connection.
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Film 1970s
The Godfather
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.