Smashbomb

"With all of its inevitable sins of omission and generalization, this great compilation of Western philosophical ideas and currents from pre-Socratic times until the middle of the 20th century is an invaluable and accessible guide to our shared social history."

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Kehinde Wiley recommended Giovanni's Room in Books (curated)

"Giovanni’s Room is one of my all-time favorites by James Baldwin, a master of deconstructing the American character and social temperature during an era in which novels that explored race and queer love were few and far between, at best."

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Rob Lowe recommended This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral in Books (curated)

This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral

Mark Leibovich | 2014 | History & Politics

(0 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"This Town by Mark Leibovich is a smart, hilarious, dishy, inside-baseball look at the current DC political scene and social structure. If Margaret Mead, Richard Ben Cramer and Jon Stewart had a three-way, Leibovich would be their love child."

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Debra Granik recommended Twarz (Mug) (2018) in Movies (curated)

Twarz (Mug) (2018)

2018 | Comedy, Drama, International

7.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"Director: Malgorzata Szumowska. This one just took me by surprise. I was enveloped by the atmosphere and the setting. I was thrown into a whole fresh set of ideas to contemplate. I like comedy in the midst of social realism."

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Roz Chast recommended The Great Gatsby in Books (curated)

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 | Fiction & Poetry

7.3

(126 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"I’ve read this book at a few different times in my life, and each time it makes a slightly different impression on me. It’s about love and ambition and social class and envy. It’s very American, in the best way."

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