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- gravitymax - Nov 24 2007 | art, photography, politics
re-reading this for the long weekend. which has been awesome so far: food, naps, youtube, more naps, and the rest of the internets. can i get a hell yea?!
Quoted: Full text of Benjamin's epoch-making work
- eric - Aug 30 2007 | toread, towrite, Walter Benjamin, essay
Quoted: Full text of Benjamin's epoch-making work
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