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The World’s Most Upsetting Book

Colin Dickey | Slate | 21st February 2023

On the strange afterlife of a manuscript: the 40-foot scroll of The 120 Days of Sodom that the Marquis de Sade wrote while imprisoned in the Bastille before the French Revolution. An entirely unsexy catalogue of "all manner of sex acts", de Sade thought it had been lost in the political upheaval. In fact, it has been bought and sold many times since by Europe's wealthy erotica collectors (2,292 words)

The Great LA Dumpling Drama

Ryan Bradley | Eater | 22nd February 2023

Rare piece that makes something mundane — the removal of a restaurant from one mall to another — interesting. The new site is in a complex that was inspired by a Ray Bradbury essay about how people needed "somewhere to go" in a centre-less city like LA. Din Tai Fung's new home is undeniably democratic: where else could you find "Selfie WRLD" next to the military recruitment centre? (3,147 words)

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