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The Complicated History of Feminism's Impact on Incarceration

The Complicated History of Feminism's Impact on Incarceration

Aya Gruber on Anti-Prostitution Sentiment and Its Implicit Racism

By Aya Gruber | July 23, 2020

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

Why Stories Makes Sense of Our Lives (and Relationships)

Frank Tallis on the Anthropological View of Storytelling

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To Be the Poet of Troy: <br>An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha by Philip Metres

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On Starting the Edward Said Library in the Gaza Strip

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Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in Platoon

The Film Director Recalls His 1986 Vietnam Classic

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The Monster That Everyone Saw and No One Cared to Talk About

The Monster That Everyone Saw and No One Cared to Talk About

Colin Dickey on Tensions Between Folklore and Mainstream Science

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