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Book Review: ‘House of Gucci’ by Sara Gay Forden
House of Gucci: A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden is a non-fiction account of the luxury goods brand Gucci and the dynasty behind it. It covers the sensational murder of Maurizio Gucci orchestrated by his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani. House of Gucci is a work of tremendous research into… Read more
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Book Review: ‘The Wife Between Us’ by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen is a mystery thriller about Richard, a handsome, wealthy, abusive hedge fund manager and his ex-wife Vanessa who share a complicated relationship, and a new, younger woman that Richard is engaged to. If I explain anything more, I’d be sure to give away the plot… Read more
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Contemplation with Poetry: ‘Small Kindnesses’
[Painting: A Day of Celebration by Fanny Brate] Small Kindnesses By Danusha Laméris I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walkdown a crowded aisle, people pull in their legsto let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”when someone sneezes, a leftoverfrom the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.And sometimes, when you… Read more
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Book Review: ‘Enter Ghost’ by Isabella Hammad
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad is a fictional novel that reflects on the Israel-Palestine conflict through a theatre production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the West Bank. I spent some time reading about the Israel-Palestine conflict, in light of the genocide happening right now. You can read a book review of a fantastic introductory work here.… Read more
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This Week: 3 Million, Sher-Gil in photos, divided selves, and more!
[Feature image: Girl Reading by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Public Domain)] The past few weeks have been all about settling into new routines. After a stint in the hospital and strict instructions to not exercise, I’ve been slowly returning to my great love of working out and particularly, running. It has also been a stimulating last few… Read more
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On Foucault’s ‘The Politics of Health in the Eighteenth Century’
In the past few months, I have dedicated myself to reading more Foucault. I began somewhat haphazardly with his collection of writings on Power, purely because the subject fascinated me more than others. Part of the collection of essays, lectures and interviews is his piece titled ‘The Politics of Health in the Eighteenth Century’. This… Read more
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