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This week brings "Star Wars: Visions" to Disney+, taking the sci-fi saga in a completely new direction with a series of standalone stories presented in the style of Japanese anime. While the mere concept might immediately turn off those who couldn't care less about anime, as both a longtime "Star Wars" fan and someone who doesn't have a great appreciation for this particular animation style, I can tell you that "Star Wars: Visions" is still worth watching for the masterful visuals, the wild twists on "Star Wars" paraphernalia, and the compelling assembly of tales of heroes who stand up to the face of evil --...

 The Ecstasy of InfluenceA plagiarism By Jonathan Lethem All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. . . .—John Donne love and theft Consider this tale: a cultivated man of middle age looks back on the story of an amour fou, one beginning when, traveling abroad, he takes a room as a lodger. The moment he sees the daughter of the house, he is lost. She is a preteen, whose charms instantly enslave him. Heedless of her age,...

Farah Al Quasim Foreign-ReturnedBy Sadia Shepard January 1, 2018 Audio: Sadia Shepard reads. Inspired by Mavis Gallant’s “The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street.” In Connecticut, Hassan shared a desk with a woman—a girl, really. Later, this would be what he remembered most about the job, long after the inconvenience of his morning commute, the banality of his days spent making spreadsheets, and the mediocrity of the cafeteria had faded from memory. He would remember Hina the way he saw her on her first day. The crunched, focussed expression on her small, sharp face as she claimed her half of the...

Yes, you can actually write with it. In the modern era, written communication has become almost entirely digital. Work reports, school papers, emails, and text messages, and increasingly even the memos and reminders we create for ourselves, are things we type or tap, not physically “write.” All that can give those rare times we do actually put pencil to paper a dramatic weight, and if you happen to be using this pencil from Osaka-based stationery maker Sakura Craypas, a literal weight as well. 3度見した…#おわかりいただけるだろうか pic.twitter.com/WqVeVRiXwP— サクラクレパス【公式】 (@1921_SAKURA) September 10, 2021 There’s no image manipulation going on in that photo, either,...

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