Vox 2008-02-15T01:31:08Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c225286a34f219/ Unpacking my library tag:vox.com,2006-09-28:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900c22529774c8e1d 2006-09-28T11:35:26Z 2008-02-15T01:31:08Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Walter Benjamin at the Archives in Paris vintage hardcover for true lovers The Arcades Project paperback

Walter Benjamin 1892-1940 He wrote his "Origin of German Tragic Drama" at smoky, dark jazz clubs in Berlin. He enjoyed vacationing in Ibiza. He spent so much time devouring 19th-century material in the reading room at the old Bibliothèque Nati...

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Vitas

flamboyant, fey Eastern European men end up being the most impressive Eurovision song contest entries - always

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Karita Mattila, by Richard Avedon

When she trilled the words to one of the most stunning Baudelaire poems, his entire body of work seemed clear as crystal for those moments. The poem was originally set to music by Henri Duparc, and then Ms Mattila very cleverly and subtly altered...

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]]> The Dude tag:vox.com,2006-09-28:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900c2252968e58e1d 2006-09-28T00:48:21Z 2006-10-29T02:14:54Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Dude

"Savoir vivre" is "to know how to live," - to manage one's life efficiently and gracefully. - to navigate society with politeness and poise. I tried to define "savoir-vivre" at 9:15 on Monday morning in another language to a group of cranky kid...

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]]> A Sentimental Education tag:vox.com,2006-09-28:asset-6a00c225286a34f21900c2252873fe549d 2006-09-28T00:28:49Z 2006-10-09T20:19:56Z Iris http://irisiris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback))

l'éducation sentimentale. It is agony on paper. Flaubert manages to avoid the trap that Roland Barthes called the reality effect ("l'effet du réel"). Barthes's idea is that in "realist" novels (or films, etc.), the descriptions are so self-aware...

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