Danilo Aprigliano

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Chavez is a comedian turned dictator. An interview with Charles Dantzig.

The following article is my translation of «Chavez, c'était Patrick Sébastien devenu dictateur»: interview that appeared in the BibliObs column of Le nouvel Observateur. When Charles Dantzig learned the news of Hugo Chavez's death, he "had the feeling that an important character in his book was disappearing, he was in disarray." This is because, it

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Intellectuals annihilated by the power of the media?

The following article is my translation of Les intellectuels anéantis par la puissance des médias? from the blog La République des livres by Pierre Assouline. What, then, is an intellectual? It looks like nothing, this question; it is a real knot about the concept and a debasement of it. The time has passed

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The flarf autopsy

The last meal of the death row inmates has around 2700 calories and a strong fried food component. It was thanks to the valuable TripAdvisor reviews and driven by desire, that we decided to try this particular meal. In fact, for a few weeks now, the fried oil had become a precious commodity. To exist is nothing but hot air, after all.

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God flarf

I am lucky and above all I am very happy, I thank God because I thought about my children and said: "Oh my God, my children!" I also said these things to my university mates and I managed to influence many excellent people by telling the story of the horse in the tradition of the polo game: "The horse is a gift from God to

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