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Composed of sixty short prose pieces that vary wildly in style and theme. Fragments for walter benjamin 1993, by john hughes. Cannabis literature is full of strange doublings, barely visible collectives, conspiracies, and groups. One way street explores the life and work of german jewish critic and philosopher, walter benjamin, who died escaping the gestapo in 1940.
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