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Sex, Violence, and Jerry Lewis: Aleksandar Hemon on the Preoccupations of His 10-Year-Old Self
"Inside that nothing there are memories, and inside those memories there are snakes."
By
Aleksandar Hemon
| June 13, 2019
Fascism is Not an Idea to Be Debated, It's a Set of Actions to Fight
Aleksandar Hemon on the Problem with Civility
By
Aleksandar Hemon
| November 1, 2018
Gay, Muslim, Refugee: On Making a Life in Trump's America
Aleksandar Hemon Tells the Story of Kemalemir Frashto
By
Aleksandar Hemon
| April 9, 2018
Aleksandar Hemon on the Urge to Violence in a Time of Trump
When Neighbors Turn on Each Other, It Happens Fast
By
Aleksandar Hemon
| February 21, 2017
Aleksandar Hemon: Why I Didn't Sign the Open Letter Against Trump
On writers making political news and the squirrel-pelt haired man
By
Aleksandar Hemon
| June 1, 2016
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