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BOOK REVIEW
All About Love bell hooks is a powerful, unsettling guide to love
We’re living through an epidemic of disconnection, yet most of us were never taught how to love—and bell hooks’ All…
Replaceable You Mary Roach Review: Best And Worst of Body Repair Now
Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach is the book I wish I had years ago, when every…
Book and Dagger review: shocking true story of heroic librarian spies
When we picture World War II spies, we imagine tuxedos and pistols, not catalog cards and microfilm cameras. Book and…
The Silver Book by Olivia Laing is a Flawed Yet Fierce, Unmissable Fiction
The problem The Silver Book solves: How do you live, make art, and love freely when fascism, homophobia and spectacle…
The Art Thief Michael Finkel: Shocking True Crime Masterpiece Review
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession shows how one man’s passion for beauty…
Don’t Believe Everything You Think analysis: pain, calm freedom
Most of us don’t need more thoughts—we need relief from the ones already screaming in our heads. Don’t Believe Everything…
ENTERTAINMENT
Once Upon a Time in…
I still remember the first time I heard that lonely harmonica drift across the opening credits like wind over empty…
Do the Right Thing (1989)…
This film, Do the Right Thing (1989), grabbed me by the collar before anyone spoke. Do the Right Thing (1989)…
Why Persona is a Masterpiece:…
What does it mean when silence speaks louder than words? In 1966, Ingmar Bergman released Persona, a Swedish psychological drama…
