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There is something scandalous about this picture of a sensible, adult woman almost deranged by ... Call it a memoir if you must, but this is a book about the necessity — and also the thrill, the ...

Deleuze encounters the phenomenon of the simulacrum not as a copy of the original but as the enunciation of difference in intrinsic form and reality. For Deleuze, we enter a world in which ‘Simulacra ...

You might say, “Wait, how can any movie that has Natalie Portman fighting herself as a mirror alien have a book version ...

Night terrors, also called sleep terrors, are a type of sleep disorder that affects roughly 2% of adults and up to 6% of children. But in this guide we'll primarily focus on how night terrors ...

In “Night Terrors,” Shapiro describes that fear of inadequacy. Even as the speaker calms his frightened child in the night, he feels like an impostor—like he was taken over by a spirit that ...

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Review of “For All We Know,” by Mike Fiorito Review by Michael Quinn Do you believe in UFOs? For some, the existence of aliens is a given, based on statistical probability or the (limited) ...

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With Hungary set to take over the EU presidency for six months from Monday – the end of global Pride month – two prominent ...

Migrants from various countries rest in a shade by the border wall as they wait to be transported at a staging area, after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a sweeping border security enforcement ...

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