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Category: Columns

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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: On Quote Collecting and Invisibility 

by Alice Brooker October 20, 2023October 20, 2023
This illustration shows an alcove filled with personal items, including a teapot and toy ballerina, with the column’s title ‘Sublime Drizzlings’ in the background
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by Max Kelly October 11, 2023October 13, 2023
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