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How Do We Quantify the Elusive Concept of Wasted Time?

How Do We Quantify the Elusive Concept of Wasted Time?

Byron Reese and Scott Hoffman on Our Endless Fascination with the Way We Spend Our Days

By Byron Reese and Scott Hoffman | June 1, 2021

Can We Discuss Jenny Holzer’s “Truisms” as Literature?

Can We Discuss Jenny Holzer’s “Truisms” as Literature?

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David Farrier in Search of the Fossils That Humans Are Leaving Behind

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Imbolo Mbue on the Thin Line Between the Physical and Supernatural

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How Fascism, Exile, and Tragedy Shaped Natalia Ginzburg’s Career

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Life in Palestine: On the Thriving Artistic Life of Ramallah

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