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Early rejections

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When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien “Has Not Measured Up to Storytelling of the Highest Quality” (1961)

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How John Coltrane Introduced the World to His Radical Sound with His Recording of “My Favorite Things” (1961)

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Bloom: A Touching Animated Short Film about Depression and What It Takes to Recover the Light of Being

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Ridgewood’s Thriving Art Scene Steps Out of Bushwick’s Shadow

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Remember Desktop Tower Defense ? I played it for a bit...

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Somali Artists Take Issue With Nation's First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion

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Satirical Video Game Lampoons Trump's Iran War Chaos

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Satirical Video Game Lampoons Trump's Iran War Blunder

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Taken : this is a web page that shows how much data your...

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Sophie Rivera’s Mythology of Everyday New York

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Art Problems: WTF Is an A-Corp?

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Mesmerizing 4K Video of a Cat-5 Super Typhoon

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Did Zurbarán Believe What He Painted?

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The Desert Safety Net

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Markus Brunetti’s Monumental Photos Venerate European Ecclesiastical Landmarks

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What Did Mozart’s Life Look Like?

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Interesting thread about why rural towns don’t...

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Let Your Heart Be Broken

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Wallace & Gromit 24/7 Livestream

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People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All of Our...

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Grandma Stand

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Where are the public benches on the internet?...

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Now open in NYC: a pop-up called The Donald J. Trump and...

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The Hidden Cassettes . “This is going to sound...

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The Hiding Man of Griffith Park

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Habib Hajallie’s Meticulous Ballpoint Pen Drawings Examine the Depths of Emotion

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My Life as a Sex Worker at a Nevada Brothel

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Creative Thought Is Essential: A Letter from Our Editor

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Classroom 4

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Venice Biennale Strike Makes History

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How Everest Has Changed Since Into Thin Air

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Children are apprentices

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The shared tragedy of Red Queen hiring

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Why The Founding Fathers Were Obsessed with This Muslim Ruler

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Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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How to Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life

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Zadie Smith on the Courage to Be More Than Yourself

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Empathy is difficult

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How to Live a Miraculous Life

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Walt Whitman’s Advice on Living a Vibrant and Rewarding Life

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Dozens of Venice Biennale Artists Withdraw From Awards En Masse

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Mom, I'm Gonna Be an Artist!

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The narrow window of redemption

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Martian Gargoyles and Lunar Fish: Chilean Artist Alejandra Acosta’s Wondrous Embroidered Illustrations for This World’s First Book Theorizing Life on Other Worlds

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Hilary Pecis Paints Saturated Snapshots of West Coast Life

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15 Artists Share the Best Advice They Got From Their Mother

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In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress submitted a petition...

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The Making of a Maintenance Artist

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