The New York Times
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Annie Correal
– Jan 24, 4:03 PM
The 85,000 items, some dating to the 19th century, told the rich story of the Chinese migration to the United States: textiles, restaurant menus, handwritten notes, tickets for ship's passage. All of them could now be destroyed. Officials at the…
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The Paris Review
– Jan 24, 10:34 AM
For the avant-garde playwright, puppeteer, critic, novelist, artist, and cyclist Alfred Jarry, life was a series of artful acts. Perhaps best known in his day for the controversial play Ubu Roi, Jarry is often credited with helping spark the fires…
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The New Yorker
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Molly Crabapple
– Jan 20, 3:00 AM
Before dawn on August 25th, Rafi jolted awake to the sounds of police outside Spirou Trikoupi, a building where he was squatting, in the Athens neighborhood of Exarchia. A muscular twenty-eight-year-old from Kabul, Rafi had been an interpreter for…
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The Paris Review
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Interviewed by Hermione Lee
– Nov 14, 2019
Oh, where it can usually be found in self-confessed budding literary geniuses. My idealism. My romanticism. My passion to capitalize the L in life. I wanted something difficult and dangerous to happen to me. I wanted a hard time. Well, I got it.
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The Paris Review
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Interviewed by Michael Newman
– May 22, 2019
His singular perspectives, priorities, and tastes were strongly manifest in the décor of his New York apartment, which he used in the winter. Its three large, high-ceilinged main rooms were painted dark gray, pale green, and purple. On the…
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