Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman – Friedrich Christian Delius

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A single piece of punctuation has, it seems, never held such power.

Heavy Metal Conservatism

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Is it fair to call Santorum heavy metal’s candidate based on the strength of one high-profile endorsement?

The Letter Killers Club – Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

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Despite the novel’s rather dystopian premise, the closed, highly-monitored society in which the novel is set serves mainly as a background: Krzhizhanovsky is interested in language and philosophy, not politics.

#LINFINITEJEST

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Most outlets have incorrectly identified the text Lin and Fields “read” as the Bible, but a well-placed source in the New York Knicks organization (definitely, defintely not Renaldo Balkman) recently informed us that this is not the case.

Reading a Book by its Cover

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We’ve found ourselves coated in glitter as a result of our recent immersion in Warhol-era memoirs.

Dear Sugar’s Unveiling

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Dear Sugar has revealed her real-world identity, and sweet peas around the world are beside themselves.

Borderland Adventures

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Borderlands are fun as narrative metaphors, but they are less fun to live in.

The Book of Emotions – João Almino

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What does it mean? What is reality?

Who is Sugar?

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Our favorite advice columnist in all of history, Dear Sugar from the Rumpus, will unveil her real world identity tonight. We’re taking guesses as to who she’ll turn out to be.

Remembering The Enemy Dead

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Everyone knows that the first World War set the stage for the second. You probably know all about the horrible terms set at Versailles. But people are rarely able to name an individual German loss in the war. Allow me to introduce you to Albert Weisgerber.