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I was 14 Years Old & 3 Blocks Away from the World Trade Center on 9/11
I was 14 Years Old & 3 Blocks Away from the World Trade Center on 9/11
By Arvind Dilawar
September 11, 2013

9/11 was my first full day of classes as a freshmen at Stuyvesant High School, which is a five-minute walk from the World Trade Center.

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Death Cafes: How Tea & Cake Can Help Us Understand the Ultimate End
Death Cafes: How Tea & Cake Can Help Us Understand the Ultimate End
By Erica Stratton
September 09, 2013

An odd idea dreamt up by a Swiss sociologist is allowing Americans to explore death like never before.

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22 Out-of-Print J.D. Salinger Stories You Can Still Read Online [UPDATED]
22 Out-of-Print J.D. Salinger Stories You Can Still Read Online [UPDATED]
By Freddie Moore
September 06, 2013

Get your Salinger fix and some insight into his forthcoming books with these “lost” stories. UPDATE: The literary representative of Salinger's estate contacted us ...

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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Junot Diaz at Barnes & Noble
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Junot Diaz at Barnes & Noble
By Kate Gavino
September 05, 2013

A series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A! This week, Junot Diaz discusses comic books, exes and bearing witness to yourself.

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Babylon's Throne Gone Down
Babylon's Throne Gone Down
By Misha Narine
September 05, 2013

Rasta culture has struggled to maintain its identity in the face of commercial influence. Is the same fight inevitable for the soul of Nosara, Costa Rica?

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Book Sword: Shel Silverstein, Paula Fox, Catullus & More
Book Sword: Shel Silverstein, Paula Fox, Catullus & More
By Kate Gavino
September 03, 2013

We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... deeper meaning? Hidden truth? Happy coincidence?

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A Dickensian Black-Ops State: the Prophetic Vision of the Original “House of Cards”
A Dickensian Black-Ops State: the Prophetic Vision of the Original “House of Cards”
By David Forbes
August 29, 2013

As the American remake of House of Cards racks up praise, the question remains if it will follow the dark, prescient path of the British original.

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At Capacity: “Breaking Bad,” Viewing Parties and Social TV
At Capacity: “Breaking Bad,” Viewing Parties and Social TV
By Freddie Moore
August 28, 2013

How has the drastic decline in cable television viewership given rise to a new TV community?

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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Wayne Koestenbaum at Greenlight Bookstore
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Wayne Koestenbaum at Greenlight Bookstore
By Kate Gavino
August 26, 2013

A series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A! This week, Wayne Koestenbaum discusses his new book, My 1980s and Other Essays.

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Why We Find Found Photos So Captivating
Why We Find Found Photos So Captivating
By Misha Grunbaum
August 22, 2013

A Polaroid from a Brooklyn flea market, an old print found in a library book — what makes these photographs, once found, worth holding on to?

 

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