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The Sellout
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The Sellout
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The Sellout
2010s
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's *The Sellout* showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relatio...
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The Wire
Television
The Wire
Carries a strong pull into books through power and urban isolation.
The Sopranos
Television
The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Music
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
The Dark Side of the Moon
Music
The Dark Side of the Moon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Republic
Essays
The Republic
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
The Souls of Black Folk
Essays
The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into books through power and ritual.
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The Sopranos
Television · Strong bridge
The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
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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.
LongingIdentityPower
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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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The Souls of Black Folk
1900s
Double consciousness and the color line. The founding text of African American intellectual tradition.
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The Wire
Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
PowerSurveillanceNatureUrban isolation
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Books 1940s
The Stranger
A man kills an Arab on a beach and feels nothing. Absurdism's founding novel.
MemoryMigrationFolkloreIdentity
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Music 1970s
The Dark Side of the Moon
Time, money, madness, and death. The concept album as cultural monolith.
After-hoursLonging
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Film 1970s
The Godfather
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
PowerAfter-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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Essays
The Republic
What is justice? The cave, the philosopher-king, and the foundations of Western thought.
ModernityResistanceIdentityMigration
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Books 1920s
The Trial
A man is arrested and prosecuted by an inaccessible authority. Bureaucracy as existential nightmare.
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