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The bodies of hula performers present a curious problem: they are hypervisible in popular culture while leaving only the faintest traces in archives.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
FAIRY-TALE COLLECTIONS
Sheldon Cashdan • The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales
The writer Umberto Eco belongs to that small class of scholars who are encyclopedic, insightful, and nondull. He is the owner of a large personal library (containing thirty thousand books), and separates visitors into two categories: those who react with “Wow! Signore professore dottore Eco, what a library you have! How many of these books have you
... See moreNassim Nicholas Taleb • The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto Book 2)
For all its unusual syntax, Gunabhadra’s translation, I decided, was the momma bear of texts.
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
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Lisa Taddeo • Animal: A Novel
