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The David Foster Wallace Disease
It’s funny, knowing that, if I were living in one of my favourite minds, I might want to turn it off. By Sasha Chapin.
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How to Become a Famous Media Scholar: The Case of Marshall McLuhan
Jefferson Pooley on the unlikely career of Marshall McLuhan, and the Luddite message of “The Mechanical Bride.”
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Bernard Fox, Actor on Classic ’60s Sitcoms, Dies at 89
Mr. Fox, in a sense, survived the Titanic twice, but was best-known for his role on “Bewitched.” By Richard Sandomir. (Dec. 15, 2016)
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Tyrus Wong, ‘Bambi’ Artist Thwarted by Racial Bias, Dies at 106
A Hollywood studio artist, painter, printmaker, calligrapher and maker of fantastical kites, Mr. Wong was one of the most celebrated Chinese-American artists of the 20th century. By Margalit Fox,
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
Brian Knappenberger
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The whole philosophy community is mourning Derek Parfit. Here’s why he mattered
Parfit isn’t a household name, but his ideas were profound. By Dylan Matthews.
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Huston Smith, Author of ‘The World’s Religions,’ Dies at 97
Professor Smith, whose work has been a college fixture for decades, pursued enlightenment in churches, monasteries and even Timothy Leary’s living room. By Douglas Martin and Dennics Hevesi.
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Patrice Lumumba (1925–1961)
56 years ago today, Congolese prime minister and anticolonial leader Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. By Sean Jacobs.
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Wayne Barrett dead
NYC investigative reporter wrote the book on Donald Trump, was a scourge to mayors and power brokers.
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The Song of John Berger
"He questioned greed, monuments, glib cruelty, and received wisdom. He felt that when we look at an artist’s work we are taking in how they themselves look at everything else, and that doing so 'increases our awareness of our own potentiality.'” By Ben Ratliff.
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The Transcendental Face of Art
On John Berger, a writer of our time. By Joshua Sperling.
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Horrors of Waugh
Two biographies of Evelyn Waugh show him as a cruel father, but seek to reinstate him as the pre-eminent novelist of his era. Violet Hudson reviews.
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Mostafa el-Abbadi, 88, Champion of Alexandria’s Resurrected Library, Dies
Professor Abbadi was a historian of Greco-Roman antiquity and the visionary behind the revival of the Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt. By Jonathan Guyer.
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Freda DeKnight: A ‘Hidden Figure’ And Titan Of African-American Cuisine
DeKnight was Ebony’s first food editor and author of a best-selling African-American cookbook in the ‘40s. Her recipes presented a vision of black America that was often unseen in mainstream media. By Donna Battle Pierce.
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Scholar, entertainer, poet, hoarder: the many faces of my father Johnny Cash
Above all else, Dad was a writer and a voracious reader – his copy of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall was annotated, read, reread and worn. By John Carter Cash.
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Legendary Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin dead at 88
Jimmy Breslin was the biggest, the baddest, the brashest, the best columnist in New York City. By Jason Silverstein, Larry McShane.
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Bowiebranchia
Nudibranchia or other opisthobranchia compared to the various looks of David Bowie.
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Mark Hawthorne, a Man of Few Words Except, ‘I Hate You’
Long before he drummed on upended pails at People’s Park in Berkeley, Calif., Mark Hawthorne wrote about impromptu instruments in Washington Square Park... By David W. Dunlap.
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Eric Gill: can we separate the artist from the abuser?
Eric Gill was one of the great British artists of the 20th century – and a sexual abuser of his own daughters. A new exhibition at Ditchling asks: how far should an artist’s life affect our judgment of their work? By Rachel Cooke. (Apr. 9, 2017)
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Eulogy for a Fairy Princess
On Wednesday, my girlfriend died. She was an artist who lived in Providence, Rhode Island. She was 41 years old. By Lisa Williams.
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