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The Canonization of Lou Reed

Jeremy Lybarger The New Republic
In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory.

The Great Amazon Heist Takes the Piss out of a Terrible Company

ALEX N. PRESS Jacobin
In his new special taking on Amazon, prankster Oobah Butler gets a job at a fulfillment center, films the brutal working conditions, and sells a drink made of Amazon drivers’ pee on the company’s platform. Amazon isn’t happy with his work.

Holes

W.D. Ehrhart
Among the many things the USA left behind in Vietnam, besides pride, remains safely underground.