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Thirteen Ways of Seeing Nature in L.A.
by Jenny Price
Los Angeles is the ideal place to tackle the problem of how to write about nature.
The Happiness Doctors
by Strawberry Saroyan
Can a fusion of science, self-help, and a few grumpy psychologists make us happier?
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Critical Intimacy
by Lisa Levy
Sorting through the superabundance of contradictory adjectives in Susan Sontag’s obituaries.
It Never Entered My Mind
by Michael Almereyda
Travelling with William Eggleston, a deeply intelligent Southern photographer, in the real world.
Paul Giamatti
interviewed by Eric Spitznagel
Picking crumbs of granola from his belly, the guy from
Sideways and
Cinderella Man says interesting things about science fiction.
Errol Morris
in conversation with Adam Curtis
The two filmmakers discuss paranoia, notional moles, and how to make stock footage expressionistic.
The Power of Nightmares (an excerpt)
by Adam Curtis
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Isaac Brock
interviewed by Brian J. Barr
The Modest Mouse frontman steals ideas from restaurants, simmers fish in coconut sauce, and says out loud: “I wish I had gills.” (Includes recipes.)
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Etgar Keret
interviewed by Ben Ehrenreich
Israel’s most popular writer on the importance of defeat, desperation, and ambiguity.
