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Oct 2020
54m 7s

The Sunday Read: 'David's Ankles'

The New York Times
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“We are conditioned to believe that art is safe,” Sam Anderson, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, explained in this week’s The Sunday Read. “Destruction happens in a number of ways, for any number of reasons, at any number of speeds — and it will happen, and no amount of reverence will stop it.” Today, Sam explores his personal relationship wi ... Show More
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