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Birth of the Jailhouse Lawyer: How Inmate Counsel Saves Prisoners’ Lives

Birth of the Jailhouse Lawyer: How Inmate Counsel Saves Prisoners’ Lives

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Croatia as a Character? Lidija Hilje on Trying—and Failing—to Write a Universal Story

Croatia as a Character? Lidija Hilje on Trying—and Failing—to Write a Universal Story

“Even though I did my best to tune out Croatia, this proved to be an impossible task.”

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No Translation, No Problem: <br>The Joys of Reading a Book Containing Multiple Languages

No Translation, No Problem:
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Rachel Ashcroft on the Benefits of Letting the Words Wash Over You

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How Much is Too Much? On Bearing Witness to Violence in the Digital Age

How Much is Too Much? On Bearing Witness to Violence in the Digital Age

Will Potter Considers the Psychological and Social Impact of the (Over) Saturation of Cruelty in the Contemporary Era

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Dancing with Frank O’Hara: How <em>Lunch Dances</em> Breaks the Library’s Sacred Silence

Dancing with Frank O’Hara: How Lunch Dances Breaks the Library’s Sacred Silence

Brian Schaefer on Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri’s Immersive Dance-Theater Performance

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Clarence A. Haynes on Finding the Soundscape of Your Novel

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Dina Nayeri on Iranian Life Under Attack

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