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On my snoops through decades of clutter, I prefer the stores that arrange their VHS tapes in a cabinet like they’re still in a home. Then I can gingerly remove a film from its spot, marvel its pleasantly thick-novel shape, and imagine the staff would view it after hours.

— Lauren Schachter
FALL 2009, ISSUE ONE