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  • Child Kings

    Child KingsThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    « Time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child’s. »

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  • Of trotting horses & angelic words

    Of trotting horses & angelic wordsThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    I was reminded of Muybridge’s moving pictures while looking at the serial attempts of Ambrogio Lorenzetti (d. 1348/49) at rendering the invisible visible.

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  • Texting with … Ece Temelkuran (2)

    Texting with … Ece Temelkuran (2)This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    « We are not aware of how defeated we are as intellectuals. »

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  • Two palindromesThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    → Setting of the Sun at West Mountain / Puffing & panting ←→ Worm-eaten Rimbaud / Always knowing whom ←

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  • « Never listen to people’s opinions on your ongoing work. »This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    Bad writing advice.

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  • « You should always think of your readers while writing. »This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    Bad writing advice

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  • « Write only in Swedish. »This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    Bad writing advice.

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  • Every end has a startThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    In 2005, Yamandú Roos embarked on the photographic project Europeans: one continent, forty countries, 65.000 kilometers.

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  • « Just tell her how you feel, she’ll understand. »This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    Bad writing advice.

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  • Five uneasy piecesThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    How I stopped being an older brother (& other stories)

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  • On Natalia Ginzburg’s ValentinoThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    On Natalia Ginzburg’s Valentino, newly translated: a Q&A with Alexander Chee.

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  • Why are you so cold-hearted?This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    I’m not cold-hearted.〖  Found in translation  〗

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  • Read between the stripesThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    How do Swedes perceived striped shirts? Great question.〖  Found in translation  〗

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  • « Para Ati » ➞ « Para ti »This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    Books are never truly finished.〖  Found in translation  〗

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  • Panties of the peopleThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    The hall burst into laughter. I was left completely puzzled.〖  Found in translation  〗

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  • Overalls & eyeglassesThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    The glasses looked surprisingly like the ones in my Facebook profile.〖  Found in translation  〗

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  • The Mass of MiesThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    « Less is more »? The scale and shape of his body gave the architect Mies van der Rohe an unequaled weight and architectural authority.

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  • Judge a book by its coversThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.

    The task is to hold your attention for more than three seconds.〖  Found in translation  〗 

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