Murakami and Brain-Munching Sheep
An old man takes the boy hostage and forces him to memorize a large number of books. The boy eventually realizes that the man plans to absorb the information he’s memorized by eating his brain. With...
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For The Millions, Caroline Crampton explores the prevalence of “sheep lit” (writing about shepherds and sheep) in 20th century British literature. According to Crampton, writing about sheep shows a...
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New York Times readers who ignore The Economist: Danger, groupthink ahead.Data suggests police de-escalation can work.Goats have feelings, too. (Sheep, not so much.)Babies brainwash you with their...
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Otter
“I dreamed in a dream of a city where all the men were like brothers” –Walt Whitman, “Live Oak, with Moss” I was hella lonely, as they would say there, in my Bay Area neighborhood of baby strollers...
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Harvest Time
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