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05/16/2022
Megan Walsh’s The Subplot
Reviewing the state of contemporary Chinese literature
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05/16/2019
Handling the Truth
Studying Clouzot’s La Vérité
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05/16/2017
Between Everywhere and Nowhere
A little review of travel literature
by dominikwiley519
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05/16/2016
Space, Speech, and Subordination on the College Campus
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05/16/2014
Meet the Schwenkfelders
by xkmbernard
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05/16/2013
Undercooked
Intentionally or not, Michael Pollan’s latest book is a parody of foodie intellectualism.
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05/16/2012
Walk Like a Man
Femininity in men
by brittneyport
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How to overcome the argument that walking is too slow.
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Bathing suits. Bah! Humbug!
April 25, 2008
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The disappointment of going to the seaside on the cusp of summer.
August 6, 2007
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