Pearl 1
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Current Preoccupations, week 39
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Any fool can see that the head of state is naked, that he is a complete phony — except for himself. Such appears to be the premise of The Emperor’s Clothes, a fairy tale I see referred to more and more. Apparently, Hans Christian Andersen’s 1837 parable is awfully relevant today. Reading yet another reference…
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Texting with … Vincenzo Latronico
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« Nobody will want to read my book if I come across as a guy who quotes Kant on Whatsapp »
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Texting with … Julius Fintelmann
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With Julius Fintelmann the ERB’s Sander Pleij texted about a musical shooting on a rooftop…
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Texting with … Ece Temelkuran (1)
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With Ece Temelkuran the ERB’s Sander Pleij texts about envy…
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Texting with … Johanna Sinisalo
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With Johanna Sinisalo the ERB’s Sander Pleij texts about Finnish Weird…
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From the knacker’s yard
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On the fallen animals loved by Heinrich von Kleist & Curzio Malaparte.