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The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City has an exhibition of video games that...Medium
Master and Commander, first published in 1969, is a novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey...Medium
Eden Robinson is a novelist and a member of the Haisla Nation in western Canada. Critics...Easy
Today composer Scott Joplin is mainly celebrated for his catchy ragtime pieces "Maple Leaf...Easy
The 2021 novel My Heart Is a Chainsaw confirmed that Stephen Graham Jones is one of the...Easy
President Richard Nixon is most famous for his participation in the 1970s Watergate...Easy
The following text is from José Rizal's 1891 novel The Reign of Greed (translated by...Easy
Asteroid 6478 Gault has experienced intermittent mass loss since at least 2013, but in...Easy
The following text is from Reyna Grande’s 2012 memoir The Distance Between Us. In the...Easy
The following text is from Jerome K. Jerome’s 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat (To Say...Easy
Karl Polanyi and other historians of capitalism rarely discuss domestic capitalism in...Easy
In the early days of television in the 1940s, many people thought that US television...Medium
Julie Dash's lyrical film Daughters of the Dust, first released in 1991, follows members...Easy
Many visitors to Yellowstone National Park need airlines, car rentals, hotels, and...Easy
Driven to sell as many paintings as possible, Alfred Hair, an influential figure among the...Easy
The following text is from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1910 poem “The Earth’s Entail.” No...Easy
Musician Joni Mitchell, who is also a painter, uses images she creates for her album...Medium
Mathematician Claude Shannon is widely regarded as a foundational figure in information...Medium
By combining Indigenous and classical music, Cree composer and cellist Cris Derksen...Medium
The following text is adapted from Susan Glaspell’s 1912 short story “‘Out There.’” An...Easy
Genetic studies have led researchers to suggest that turtles are most closely related to...Easy
The following text is from Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables. Anne...Medium
A microgenre is a specialized genre consisting of a comparatively small number of...Easy
Paul Linebarger is often recognized as an influential science fiction writer (under the...Intense
Editor Jared Shurin's 2023 anthology The Big Book of Cyberpunk contains 108 stories, an...Intense
With its mournful subject matter and haunting tune, "The Cuckoo" is one of the most...Medium
Taken together, the three underlined portions most clearly serve which function in the...Intense

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