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Marlon James Knows It’s Over

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Charley Locke

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When you’re 15 and a reject, you’re looking for communion, even if you would never admit it. I wanted a painting of myself, but I got a mirror instead.

Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, on his intimate relationship with the Smiths’s “I Know It’s Over.”

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Charley Locke
You can find Charley Locke’s journalism on WIRED, tweets @CHARLEY_LOCKE, and drawings on her parents’ fridge. You can also sometimes spot Charley imperiously making book recommendations while managing the McSweeney’s Pop-Up Shops.

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