Oct 10, 2018The free market had little to do with the settling and economic progress of the American West. The economy of many of the places we visited was the creation of the U.S. government.
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Week Six: Lost Children Archive
This week, we wrap up Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive, and we have so much to talk about.
by The Tournament of Books Staff
3dBeing a protohipster snob in 2001, before the advent of any support industry, seemed like a full-time job. On the other hand, the emergence of this industry marked the end of hipster as a subculture.
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3dGerman soldiers calmly strolled in our streets. They filmed everything. Laughed. Before the war we had a favorite game—we made drawings of Germans. We drew them with big teeth. Fangs. And now they’re walking around… Young, handsome… With handsome grenades tucked into the tops of their sturdy boots.
↩︎ The Paris Review
3dWhat is a name, when you get down to it? It isn’t something you can hold squarely in your hand like a lump of gold. It’s wholly immaterial. It can make you feel like a god before your time—but equally, maybe, a ghost in your own life.
↩︎ The London Review of Books
3dEric Garner worked / for some time for the Parks and Rec. / Horticultural Department, which means / perhaps, that with his very large hands, / perhaps, in all likelihood, / he put gently into the earth / some plants which, most likely, some of them, in all likelihood, continue to grow
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Behind the scenes of Oneohtrix Point Never's MYRIAD, an ambitious "concertscape" that combines live musicians, dancers, and installation art.
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