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Sarah Aziza on Trying Not to Disappear

Sarah Aziza on Trying Not to Disappear

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 11, 2025

Melissa Febos and Lydi Conklin Aren’t Afraid to Be Direct

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A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction

A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction

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By B. Pietras | June 10, 2025

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Tyranny as Tragedy: On King Lear, Maoist China and the Unpredictable Nature of Power

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

By Nan Z. Da | June 10, 2025

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