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Tolerance and Islamophobia in 16th-Century Spain, Not So Different from Now

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After Not Finishing a Book in 35 Years, How My Father Became a Reader

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Running Towards My Father

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A Letter to My Father, Long After He’s Gone

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Black Mirror to be a Book, Shakespeare to be a Punk

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Kingdom Cons

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“Dust and sun.”

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