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A Fool’s Kabbalah

A Fool’s Kabbalah

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Against Romance and Passion as Social and Literary Constructs

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A Deal With the Devil: What the Age-Old Faustian Bargain Reveals About the Modern World

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“Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea”

“Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea”

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Oh God, The Sun Goes

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