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On Bodies, Freedom and Change, with Olivia Laing

The Shakespeare and Company Interview

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The Prisoner, Byard Rustin

Byard rustin e is the only politically authorized book burning in ar united states history. He was a civil rights activist, but treated very badly by the civil rights movement. His sexuality made him permanently a threat and he moved to the back room of the movement. And his absolute refusal to bow to any of these pressures has been so inspiring for me that it feels like a very important person in the book.

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