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How the Kidnapping of Miguel de Cervantes Shaped His Famous Novel

By Ed Simon | September 22, 2025

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Nan Z. Da Explores the Similarities Between Shakespeare’s Play and 20th-Century Totalitarian Reality

By Nan Z. Da | June 10, 2025

On the Aftermath of a Brutal Murder-Suicide in an Idyllic Small Town

On the Aftermath of a Brutal Murder-Suicide in an Idyllic Small Town

George Choundas Ponders How Life Continues In the Face of Senseless Tragedy

By George Choundas | July 19, 2024

Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

Philip Eil Considers the Potentially Sensitive Nature of Book Promotion

By Philip Eil | April 10, 2024

All Stories Float Ashore: Fae Myenne Ng on the Chinese Titanic Poet-Sailor Deportee

All Stories Float Ashore: Fae Myenne Ng on the Chinese Titanic Poet-Sailor Deportee

"Men of Exclusion held truth close, sailing like the wind into a port of safety."

By Fae Myenne Ng | September 21, 2023

On Trying to Teach Brian Doyle’s “Leap” to the Post-9/11 Generation

On Trying to Teach Brian Doyle’s “Leap” to the Post-9/11 Generation

Steve Edwards Wonders If It’s Possible to Translate One Generation’s Trauma to the Next

By Steve Edwards | July 14, 2023

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What, after all, is a truly verifiable or “authentic” image?

By Johanna Skibsrud | June 2, 2017

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