Jenny Diski died this morning at the age of 68. Here are nine stories celebrating Diski and her work.
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Jenny Diski: 1947-2016
Jenny Diski died this morning at the age of 68. Here are nine stories celebrating Diski and her work.
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We Keep Testing, and Nothing Changes
It is worth noting that American students have never received high scores on international tests. On the first such test, a test of mathematics in 1964, senior year students in the US scored last of twelve nations, and eighth-grade students scored next to last. But in the following fifty years, the US outperformed the other […]
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Paul Beatty’s ‘The Sellout’ and the Racism of The Little Rascals
“That’s the problem with history, we like to think it’s a book—that we can turn the page and move the fuck on. But history isn’t the paper it’s printed on. It’s memory, and memory is time, emotions, and song. History is the things that stay with you.” -Paul Beatty’s satirical novel The Sellout, winner of the […]
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Celebrating Pride: The Work We Have To Do
There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.
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The House Where You Live Forever
The reversible destiny of Madeline Gins.
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Celebrating Pride: The Work We Have To Do
There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
Postwar New York: The Supreme Metropolis of the Present
Forty labor strikes on one day, French existentialists on the loose, and a 50-foot G.I. blowing enormous puffs of REAL smoke.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week.
