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The Green-Eyed Monster: On the Benefits and Pitfalls of Experiencing Envy

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Archaeology or Exclusion? Brandon Shimoda on Saving a Japanese American WWII Monument

Archaeology or Exclusion? Brandon Shimoda on Saving a Japanese American WWII Monument

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Merve Emre on Gossip as Literary Form in Carmen Boullosa’s <em>Texas: The Great Theft</em>

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