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The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Carries a strong pull into television through after-hours and South Asia.
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The Bhagavad Gita
Carries a strong pull into books through Vyasa and identity.

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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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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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The Passion of Joan of Arc
1920s
Joan's trial in extreme close-up. The human face as the landscape of silent cinema.
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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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Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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Books 1950s
The Tin Drum
A boy refuses to grow up during the rise of Nazism. Germany's conscience as dark fairy tale.
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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.
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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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The Republic
What is justice? The cave, the philosopher-king, and the foundations of Western thought.

Television 2010s
Narcos
The rise of Pablo Escobar and the Medellín cartel. Latin American crime as geopolitical thriller.