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The Obscure Sibyl
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Obscured by Clouds
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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The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and South Asia.
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The Republic
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
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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 South Asia.
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Books · Strong bridge
The Brothers Karamazov
1880s
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
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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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Welcome to the N.H.K.
2000s
Twenty-two-year-old college dropout Tatsuhiro Satou has been a hikikomori for almost four years now. In his isolation, he has come to believe in many obscure conspiracy theories, but there is one in particular which he holds unshakable faith in: the theory that the evil conspirator behind his shut-in NEET (Not in Em...
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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.
Books 1890s
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure is a 1895 book by Thomas Hardy, linked to United Kingdom and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
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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 Republic
What is justice? The cave, the philosopher-king, and the foundations of Western thought.