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"Against Interpretation"

Against Interpretation is an essay by Susan Sontag that criticizes the prevailing emphasis on interpreting and analyzing works of art, arguing for a focus on experiencing and appreciating art for its own sake.

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Our culture is an edifice built of externalized memories.

Joshua Foer • Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

Ruth Reichl

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Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste

Bianca Bosker

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Every success story can be told as a series of failures.

Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments

After Henry: Essays

Joan Didion

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The Art of Eating: 50th Anniversary Edition

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher

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Imperial Hospitality

Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire

The Best American Essays 2011 (The Best American Series)

Edwidge Danticat

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