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Michael Pollan

@michaelpollan.bsky.social
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Author of ten books, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma, How to Change Your Mind and A World Appears. Website: michaelpollan.com/books/a-world-app…

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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 5h
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A ‘freaked out’ US food industry is hitting back at Maha – with social media influencers
Cross-partisan support in Washington on issues like pesticides and food additives pose a threat to the industry’s bottom line
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🍏Toxins out of our food 🧑‍🌾Farmers first, not chemical companies ❌Break up corporate concentration in agriculture 💧Clean water, guaranteed 🍽️School meals that nourish 💸Public dollars should buy public health ⚕️Food as medicine ⚖️Accountability for polluters, not immunity
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness | Cal Performances calperformances.org/events/2026-...
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Michael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness | Cal Performances
Author Michael Pollan returns for a discussion on the most intriguing questions at the intersection of psychedelics and consciousness.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What Humans, Animals & Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan www.hubermanlab.com/episode/what...
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What Humans, Animals & Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan explores consciousness, plant intelligence, psychedelics, the gut microbiome, and how our relationship with nature and food shapes our health.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My podcast with Alex O'Connor: Are Plants Conscious? - Michael Pollan - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_7F...
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Are Plants Conscious? - Michael Pollan
YouTube video by Alex O'Connor
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Id, the Ego and the Superintelligence (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for philosophers’ jobs — it needs philosophers, and always will.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
White House has not acted on RFK Jr.’s push for proof ultra-processed foods are safe
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In today's Microdose: Did psychedelics help build ancient civilizations?: 5 Questions for journalist Andrew Lawler themicrodose.substack.com/p/did-psyche...
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Did psychedelics help build ancient civilizations?: 5 Questions for journalist Andrew Lawler
Lawler discusses new archeological tools for studying psychoactive plant residues.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This weekend's essay, with the perfect Tin Man doppelgänger illustration, and yeah, Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
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Yes They Want to Kill Us: The Worshippers of Machines Versus Human Beings
This is the week that someone pulled the fire alarm on AI. It began with industry employee Jacob Coxon issuing a dire warning: "I resigned from Anthropic today," he wrote on Twitter/X. "I spent the la...
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Probiotics are wildly popular. But there’s a better way to help your gut.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
She lived with headaches and brain fog for years. Then she tried magic mushrooms.
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René Walter @rawx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Michael Pollans @michaelpollan.bsky.social A World Appears today released in german language and despite me having shitloads to do i couldn't resist.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Food-borne illnesses, funding cuts and layoffs: Maha movement’s glaring limitations are now showing
Policies enacted by RFK Jr have not delivered the expected results, but have instead hindered people’s ability to eat healthy
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What Are We Doing to Our World of Wonder? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Trying to Defang the Endangered Species Act
What if 50 years from now, having destroyed the habitat for the creatures around us, we are plagued by an inconsolable loneliness?
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?
On second thought, I’m not that hungry.
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UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics @scipsychedelics.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This week in psychedelics: –A federal report encourages states to prepare for FDA approval of psychedelics –Could THC help with the psychedelic blinding problem? –Ketamine seized at the UK border hits record high Read the latest news in The Microdose: bit.ly/4qYfl5k
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A federal report encourages states to prepare for FDA approval of psychedelics; Could THC help with the psychedelic blinding problem?
Plus: Ketamine seized at the UK border hits record high; an Arizona ibogaine trial; Study reveals cell signaling that differentiates hallucinogens and non-hallucinogens
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UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics @scipsychedelics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tickets on sale now! How can psychedelics research advance our understanding of consciousness? Join @michaelpollan.bsky.social and renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch in convo, moderated by @shaylalove.bsky.social. At Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley on Oct 13 at 7:30pm. 🎟️ ➡️ bit.ly/4x7o06U
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Why we should stop eating lettuce, cyclospora or not
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/h...
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Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad
Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Big Food Is Winning the War for America’s Diet www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...
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Opinion | Big Food Is Winning the War for America’s Diet
The federal government was supposed to release a definition of ultraprocessed foods. What happened?
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How We Build This @hwbtpod.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Legendary author @michaelpollan.bsky.social joined our show to talk about how his work intersected with movements - especially food - as well as his first brush with movements as a young person. Truly delightful! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Michael Pollan: Reclaiming Our Attention in the MAGA Era
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · August 18 · 45m
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This week's psychedelic news: Veterans Affairs continues to drive federal psychedelics push; New FDA guidance; and Resilient Pharmaceuticals tries again for MDMA approval themicrodose.substack.com/p/veterans-a...
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Veterans Affairs continues to drive federal psychedelics push; New FDA guidance; and Resilient Pharmaceuticals tries again for MDMA approval
Plus: Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly makes a psychedelics acquisition; Cardiovascular safety is top of mind for psychedelics researchers
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I've long been waiting for a book like this: Imagine That: Transform How You Think, Feel, and Live with the Science of Imagination: Vieten PhD, Cassandra, Docter, Pete: 9781668067390: Amazon.com: Books www.amazon.com/dp/166806739...
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UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics @scipsychedelics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Tickets on sale now! @michaelpollan.bsky.social and Christof Koch on the intersection of consciousness and psychedelics. October 13 at Zellerbach Hall, co-presented with Cal Performances. calperformances.org/events/2026-27/…
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Michael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness | Cal Performances
Author Michael Pollan returns for a discussion on the most intriguing questions at the intersection of psychedelics and consciousness.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This should be good: Michael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness | Cal Performances calperformances.org/events/2026-...
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Michael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness | Cal Performances
Author Michael Pollan returns for a discussion on the most intriguing questions at the intersection of psychedelics and consciousness.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
(100) Why don’t some people respond to psychedelics? 5 Questions for psychologist Rachel Ham themicrodose.substack.com/p/why-dont-s...
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Why don’t some people respond to psychedelics? 5 Questions for psychologist Rachel Ham
Ham discusses doing interviews with clinical trial participants who didn’t experience substantial benefits.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Are Psychedelics Right-Wing Now? | The New Yorker www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Why the Right Wing Is Embracing This Psychedelic Drug
How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Michael Pollan’s ‘A World Appears’ Review: Exploring Consciousness, Psychedelics and the Mystery of Being Alive openthemagazine.com/books/being-...
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Being and Feeling: Michael Pollan shows why consciousness is real
With 'A World Appears', Michael Pollan goes after the most elusive question of consciousness itself. It’s not about neuroscience or the philosophy of consciousness alone, but a deep dive into the very...
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Looking forward to this conversation with Pico Iyer in Santa Barbara on Feb 19, 2027 | UCSB Arts & Lectures artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/events-ticke...
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Queue-it
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
50% off! A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness: Pollan, Michael: 9781984881991: Amazon.com: Books www.amazon.com/World-Appear...
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Out today, fascinating new book from @SciPsychedelics X @ucbsoj fellow Keemon de Greef: The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence: 9780385550246: de Greef, Kimon: Books www.amazon.com/Ego-Trip-Psy...
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Terrific Ferriss Fellowship story in @MensHealthMag by @matthabusby from @SciPsychedelics X @ucbsoj Can MMA Fighters Taking Psychedelics Unlock the Future of Brain Health? These Researchers Think So. www.menshealth.com/health/a7319...
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Can MMA Fighters Taking Psychedelics Unlock the Future of Brain Health? These Researchers Think So.
Ten combat sports fighters suffering from traumatic brain injuries went to Medellín, Colombia, for eight days of psychedelic neuroplasticity-enhancing treatment. The lessons could benefit all of us.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Be sure to check out this important new book, excerpted here in the Microdose: The psychedelic toad milkers - by Kimon de Greef themicrodose.substack.com/p/the-psyche...
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The psychedelic toad milkers
Following toad poachers across the Sonoran Desert
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
AI Has Entered The 'Loss Of Control' Transition - NOEMA www.noemamag.com/ai-has-alrea...
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AI Has Entered The ‘Loss Of Control’ Transition | NOEMA
Waiting for a disaster to save us.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Writers, you should apply! - Mesa Refuge mesarefuge.org/residencies/
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thanks for the shoutout, Mr. Prez: Obama summer reading list includes these favorite authors www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
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Obama's summer reading list includes authors he's loved for years and new favorites
Barack Obama's annual summer reading list is out, and we agree with many of his 5-star picks. Here's what his taste in books reveals.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Consciousness: A Q&A with Michael Pollan - Clio’s Books cliosbooks.substack.com/p/consciousn...
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Consciousness: A Q&A with Michael Pollan
The author of A World Appears discusses the microbiome, AI, and literature in relation to a fundamental human question.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
by way of idle wishful thinking - would be great if NYT hired a science writer/thinker for the op-ed page to tell us what’s happening and what’s at stake in the sciences, at a time when they are under attack in a way Galileo would recognize, while newspaper science journalism is facing extinction
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Rave Review for ‘All That’s Unseen,’ by (my former student) Emilee Hackney - The New York Times. COngratulations! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
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Book Review: ‘All That’s Unseen,’ by Emilee Hackney
“All That’s Unseen,” by Emilee Hackney, an eighth-generation Appalachian, offers a portrait both loving and cleareyed of the region that formed her.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
From “just say no” to just say nothing: 5 Questions for harm reduction educator Rhana Hashemi themicrodose.substack.com/p/from-just-...
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From “just say no” to just say nothing: 5 Questions for harm reduction educator Rhana Hashemi
Hashemi discusses her approach to drug education and what students want to know about psychedelics.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’m looking forward to this
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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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The Appall | Jorie Graham, Nawal Arjini
Jorie Graham’s poem in our December 5, 2024, issue begins: The Killing Spree whizzed past, we liked the look of it, it liquefieddeath, it was here to
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
There are 22 theories of consciousness: Michael Pollan explains why none of them work - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-KP...
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There are 22 theories of consciousness: Michael Pollan explains why none of them work
YouTube video by The Royal Institution
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What Venus Flytraps, ChatGPT, and LSD reveal about consciousness | Michael Pollan - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOx...
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What Venus Flytraps, ChatGPT, and LSD reveal about consciousness | Michael Pollan
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Is AI ALIVE? What AI is teaching us about consciousness with Michael Pollan and Chris Hayes - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgd_...
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Is AI ALIVE? What AI is teaching us about consciousness with Michael Pollan and Chris Hayes
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
In Conversation: Judith Belzer — Docent docentofficial.com/journal/judi...
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Docent
Discover exhibitions, write reviews, and follow guided tours at 65+ museums and galleries worldwide.
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
(93) Is the boom in toad-derived 5-MeO-DMT built on a false history? Colorado’s new law lays groundwork for ibogaine access themicrodose.substack.com/p/is-the-boo...
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Is the boom in toad-derived 5-MeO-DMT built on a false history? Colorado’s new law lays groundwork for ibogaine access
Plus: Study finds personality traits may shape the intensity of psychedelic sensory experiences
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Opinion | What the Cult of Efficiency Costs Us
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Penguin Press @penguinpress.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations to @michaelpollan.bsky.social on his newest book, A World Appears, being chosen as a Best Book of the Year So Far by Amazon. View the full list: https//www.amazon....
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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
What an amazing reading by the ever brilliant Laura Mullen. 🙏🙏 calirb.com/killing-spre...
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Killing Spree by Jorie Graham
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Review by Laura Mullen “Then the rain came and we thought it / might clean us. / It did not clean us.” In his Theses on History, Walter Benjamin described a painting by P…
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