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Now showing — Metaphors · 5 works
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MemoryMigrationFolklore -
In 1978, while recovering from cancer, Susan Sontag wrote Illness as metaphor, the celebrated essay on the invented and often punitive uses of illness in our culture. It was not surprising that a decade later, after the advent of AIDS, Sontag felt compelled to write a sequel that would counter the almost universal l...
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Metaphysical dialogue with A.I. - Conferences & Book by Stefano Dorian Franco is a 2025 essay or critical text by Stefano Dorian Franco, linked to a wider international field and multiple languages. It keeps the thought field readable as...
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A championship Go match as metaphor for old Japan's passing. Sport as elegy.
MemoryMigrationFolklore -
Mob's final arc. Coming of age and letting go of power as metaphor for growing up.
PowerFolkloreIdentity
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