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The Square
14 curated works.
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Featured · Film
The Square
2010s
A museum curator's life unravels around an art installation about trust. Social satire as discomfort.
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The Trial
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The Trial
Carries a strong pull into television through after-hours and power.
The Brothers Karamazov
Books
The Brothers Karamazov
Carries a strong pull into essays through migration and identity.
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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 television through power and modernity.
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The Wire
Television · Strong bridge
The Wire
2000s
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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The Stranger
1940s
A man kills an Arab on a beach and feels nothing. Absurdism's founding novel.
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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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Essays · Strong bridge
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 Sopranos
Television 1990s
The Sopranos
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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Books 1880s
The Brothers Karamazov
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
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.
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Essays
The Republic
What is justice? The cave, the philosopher-king, and the foundations of Western thought.
ModernityResistanceIdentityMigration
The Deuce
Television 2010s
The Deuce
The rise of the porn industry in 1970s/80s Times Square. Simon's most underrated show.
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