Dec 18, 1997 · N-I-G-G-E-R. I’ll never forget the first time I accidentally used that word in mixed company. It was 20 years ago at the University of Missouri, and I was engaged in lighthearted chitchat with ...

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Nov 19, 2024 · The tenderness of Payal Kapadia’s latest film is rare to see, not only in Indian cinema of late but in general. Often, recently, the concepts of romance, sex, longing, and loss are accompanied ...

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Dec 23, 2024 · No one denies it: F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is still the gold standard for Dracula onscreen.This 1922 silent German expressionist film—an unauthorized riff on Bram Stoker ...

Nov 20, 2024 · A sturdy exhibition of photographs and objects born of the sprawling practice of Frank Lloyd Wright has opened at the Driehaus Museum.

Sep 5, 2024 · Today, Moore and her team “clear the shelves” with quarterly book giveaways. At the beginning of August, Semicolon gave away about $8,500 worth of books to students, with six books in each bag.

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