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Farewell to the Prisoner
Number Six: “Who is Number One?” Number Two: “You are Number Six.” Number Six: “I am not a number! I am a free man.” Spoken during the opening credits for the 1960s television show “The Prisoner,” these words thrilled me the first time I heard them. I was 22 years old and ready for....
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No Earth, No Hope
I wonder if anyone has said that the Sci-Fi Channel’s timing was off when it decided to air the first episode of the last season (or rather, half-season) of Battlestar Galactica less than a week before President Obama’s inauguration. “Sometimes a Great Notion” is, so far, the....
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The Evidence of Things Not Seen
One morning about 12 years ago, I saw a boy standing in front of a door. The door was made from glossy, golden wood with elaborate, ornate shapes of flowers and vines and animal faces. The boy wore a blue windbreaker and held his hands clenched in fists. I didn’t know his name, or why he stood there. I’d never seen him before....
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The Mad Men Season 2 Finale
If you haven’t yet seen “Meditations in an Emergency,” the Mad Men Season 2 finale, this article will most certainly spoil you. But then again, why haven’t you already seen the finale? It’s been over a week! For a background to the show....
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The Rabble is Us
Roger Williams Park, in the Elmwood section of Providence, Rhode Island, is a luminous and pastoral setting. When I was small, my aunt often took me to visit the zoo, ride the carousel, and walk by the man-made lake, with its Temple of Music. We then strolled....
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Memoir by Lauren Winner, Poetry by James Harpur, Art by Guy Chase and Adrian Wiszniewski
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